Opinion / Columnist
Not all war vets are for People First
20 Jan 2016 at 13:11hrs | Views
It would be an oversimplification of a rather complex issue to say that all war veterans are rallying behind the former Vice President, Joyce Mujuru's People First project. All the war veterans who are behind this project are known to be power hungry and cunning. In fact the proponents of this project are known to have been sellouts and people of dubious revolutionary credentials.
It is alleged that a number of war veterans have dumped ZANU PF for People First(PF) as the yet-to-be launched Joice Mujuru political formation gains more ground. This came out during a PF meeting held recently in Masvingo. It is assumed that more than three quarters of war veterans in Masvingo province are behind PF; a thing which we doubt much. Moreover, this is an assumption from the interested members who are on a recruitment drive.
We should know that an assumption can never be a measure of credibility, therefore we still have time to analyse the political landscape of this country. It is a sweeping statement to say that a large number of war veterans have defected to PF. The war veterans who have defected are those who have had their own agenda in the likes of former ZANU PF senior officials like Dzikamai Mavhaire, Kudakwashe Bhasikiti and Retired Colonel Claudious Makova.
These war veterans have long been booted out of ZANU PF and are now seeking relevance and they cannot survive outside politics as they have a high affinity of leading other people. In a nutshell, they are power hungry. Some ZANU PF supporters are saying that it has been a good riddance in dismissing these personalities as they were amassing wealth using their political muscles. Shame to these brood of vipers for they worked for their stomachs only at the expense of the electorate.
PF assistant spokesperson Retired Colonel Kudzai Mbudzi should not be taken seriously when he says that hordes of war veterans are flocking to join People First throughout the country. He goes on to say that President Robert Mugabe, the First Lady Grace Mugabe and other ZANU PF officials have in the past shown the highest disregard of ex-freedom fighters, calling them all sorts of names. Surely this man is uttering archaic propaganda and we know that he has been moving from one party to another and back again.
Mbudzi has been in ZANU PF before he joined the Mavambo project which died a natural death, and now he has joined the People First project. It is high time that people should stop wasting other people's time in projects which suffers still birth.
On the other hand the purported meeting between PF leader, Joice Mujuru, Tendai Biti and Theresa Makone seems not to have occurred at all; but mere speculations from the advocates of a coalition party to remove President Mugabe from power. On the contrary no coalition party has been formed in Zimbabwe as they all suffer a still birth.
All these coalitions could not succeed because all their leaders want to be the President of the coalition government. Shame to these power hungry people for they shall not succeed in manipulating the electorate.
It is alleged that a number of war veterans have dumped ZANU PF for People First(PF) as the yet-to-be launched Joice Mujuru political formation gains more ground. This came out during a PF meeting held recently in Masvingo. It is assumed that more than three quarters of war veterans in Masvingo province are behind PF; a thing which we doubt much. Moreover, this is an assumption from the interested members who are on a recruitment drive.
We should know that an assumption can never be a measure of credibility, therefore we still have time to analyse the political landscape of this country. It is a sweeping statement to say that a large number of war veterans have defected to PF. The war veterans who have defected are those who have had their own agenda in the likes of former ZANU PF senior officials like Dzikamai Mavhaire, Kudakwashe Bhasikiti and Retired Colonel Claudious Makova.
These war veterans have long been booted out of ZANU PF and are now seeking relevance and they cannot survive outside politics as they have a high affinity of leading other people. In a nutshell, they are power hungry. Some ZANU PF supporters are saying that it has been a good riddance in dismissing these personalities as they were amassing wealth using their political muscles. Shame to these brood of vipers for they worked for their stomachs only at the expense of the electorate.
Mbudzi has been in ZANU PF before he joined the Mavambo project which died a natural death, and now he has joined the People First project. It is high time that people should stop wasting other people's time in projects which suffers still birth.
On the other hand the purported meeting between PF leader, Joice Mujuru, Tendai Biti and Theresa Makone seems not to have occurred at all; but mere speculations from the advocates of a coalition party to remove President Mugabe from power. On the contrary no coalition party has been formed in Zimbabwe as they all suffer a still birth.
All these coalitions could not succeed because all their leaders want to be the President of the coalition government. Shame to these power hungry people for they shall not succeed in manipulating the electorate.
Source - Stewart Murewa
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