Opinion / Columnist
Musewe wants change from 'hungry' patriots' blood not implementing GPA reforms!
04 Jan 2016 at 08:04hrs | Views
"It was Thomas Jefferson who said that the tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots. It therefore can never be refreshed by continuous false hope and non-action as is the case in Zimbabwe. I, however, truly believe that the idea of freedom can indeed be circumvented but it can never be forsaken," wrote Vince Musewe.
So with over 30 000 Zimbabweans murdered and millions beaten in politically motivated violence in the last 35 years, Comrade Musewe is still calling for more blood of patriots to refresh Zimbabwe's tree of liberty. He is demanding more Zimbabweans to come forward like lambs to the slaughter; they are not because they are "not yet hungry enough for total freedom"!
Did the nation not go to war for peace and justice too?
Only someone who is cavalier about the suffering and unnecessary deaths of the ordinary people would not be concerned with Zimbabwe's very corrupt and oppressive political system. Instead of seeking to eradicate the evil political system, which is what the implementation of the GPA reforms will accomplish; Vince is seeking to keep the dictatorship and feed the monster the human misery and deaths. To him, the people are nothing more than cannon fodder!
It would be heart-breaking if Zanu PF rigged the next elections to win enough seats to play a disruptive role in the next government or, worse still, to power outright. As long as Zanu PF remains in power, even as the official opposition party, it hard to see the country implementing the far reaching political reforms necessary for economic reform and recovery. The real nightmare scenario would be for the nightmare violence of 2008 to comeback!
If the murderous violence of 2008 are repeated then Vince Musewe, Morgan Tsvangirai and the rest, who have wanted the elections with no reform, will have to explain to the victims of the violence and/or their relatives why they have had to suffer. And when will their tree of liberty's thirst for blood of the innocents be quenched so the GPA reforms can finally, FINALLY be implemented!
Vince Musewe has given to reason why the nation should not implement the comprehensive GPA reforms other than he is confident he can achieve the removal of Mugabe, at least without reforms provided enough Zimbabweans' hunger for total freedom forces them to risk life and limp in their millions!
So with over 30 000 Zimbabweans murdered and millions beaten in politically motivated violence in the last 35 years, Comrade Musewe is still calling for more blood of patriots to refresh Zimbabwe's tree of liberty. He is demanding more Zimbabweans to come forward like lambs to the slaughter; they are not because they are "not yet hungry enough for total freedom"!
Did the nation not go to war for peace and justice too?
Only someone who is cavalier about the suffering and unnecessary deaths of the ordinary people would not be concerned with Zimbabwe's very corrupt and oppressive political system. Instead of seeking to eradicate the evil political system, which is what the implementation of the GPA reforms will accomplish; Vince is seeking to keep the dictatorship and feed the monster the human misery and deaths. To him, the people are nothing more than cannon fodder!
It would be heart-breaking if Zanu PF rigged the next elections to win enough seats to play a disruptive role in the next government or, worse still, to power outright. As long as Zanu PF remains in power, even as the official opposition party, it hard to see the country implementing the far reaching political reforms necessary for economic reform and recovery. The real nightmare scenario would be for the nightmare violence of 2008 to comeback!
If the murderous violence of 2008 are repeated then Vince Musewe, Morgan Tsvangirai and the rest, who have wanted the elections with no reform, will have to explain to the victims of the violence and/or their relatives why they have had to suffer. And when will their tree of liberty's thirst for blood of the innocents be quenched so the GPA reforms can finally, FINALLY be implemented!
Vince Musewe has given to reason why the nation should not implement the comprehensive GPA reforms other than he is confident he can achieve the removal of Mugabe, at least without reforms provided enough Zimbabweans' hunger for total freedom forces them to risk life and limp in their millions!
Source - Patrick Guramatunhu
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