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Coalition of opposition parties must work.
14 Jan 2017 at 04:14hrs | Views
A member of the ZimPF Bekezela Maduma Fuzwayo has urged opposition political parties to make sure that a coalition works so as to challenged the ruling Zanu PF at an advantageous position.
he attended the burial of Redias Tlou at Stakeng Village Gwanda South that is when he noticed that the coalition of opposition parties was ideal.
He said Tlou was arguably one of the finest political figures to come out of Gwanda who groomed a hell lot of us young people coming after them in basics of opposition politics.
Fuzwayo said he travelled in the same car with mama Nomalanga Khumalo the former Deputy Speaker of Parliament, together with mama Julie Nkiwane immediate last MDC-T candidate for Gwanda Central and Akem Moyo also immediate last candidate for Gwanda South.
"Had opportunities to have detailed discussions and some short chats with other leaders of the party like Madam VP Thokozani Khupe, Lovemore Moyo, Senator Bheki Sibanda and a number of our own local Gwanda and Matabeleland South leadership of the party," Fuzwayo said.
"I must say that I am extremely excited and impressed by the willingness and determination by the MDC-T into wanting to give the coalition or election pact with other opposition parties a chance to succeed. This to me is a huge dimensional change in the direction of our opposition politics which finally shows a determination by our political leadership to really want to listen to the wishes of the people and agree to swallow personal aspirations for the good of the people."
Fuzwayo said this is an extremely applaudable dimensional change.
"I always value the teaching of Professor Welshman Ncube (MDC leader) who would always say that we can not keep doing one thing the same way over and over again and expect to get a different result. The coalition dimension is a huge step in probably that different direction which every above board reasoning Zimbabwean concerned with the direction which this country has been going under Zanu PF governance should embrace and fight for its success," he said.
"Standing here on the sidelines, one can only pray that the discussions and efforts on the coalition should not yet again collapse. The failure of the coalition talks will definitely show a serious lack of the political willingness by opposition leaders to the cause of the now obvious majority of Zimbabweans. It is not a secret that everywhere one goes trying to speak to the change of the country's fortunes, everyone who is fed up of a Zanu PF government advocates for a strong united force to stand against this monsterish party."
He said the success of the coalition should not start and end at the deliberations stage of it only, but must stretch to the victory of the coalition arrangement over Zanu PF.
"A loss to Zanu PF of the united opposition will be the greatest disaster to happen in Zimbabwean politics. It will mark a definite and indefinite end of opposition politics in the country and a rejuvenation of the disintegrating Zanu PF which will take another decades to be worked against. It is therefore advisable and imperative that in the crafting of the coalition only genuine, determined and selfless persons be allowed into this arrangement," he said.
"A question is always asked around who should then lead this coalition? Failure to address this concern is definitely the beginning of the failure of the coalition and must be handled extremely carefully yet decisively. The success of a coalition begins with educating all aspects of those wishing to go into the coalition that the arrangement is not coming in to please every one individual who has been in the parties going into the coalition. As I indicated earlier, the coalition arrangement takes people who will be prepared to drop their personal egos and ambitions for the good of the people."
He said in coming up with the coalition leadership it is certainly obvious that there will be disgruntlement from within the parties involved and so not everyone coming into the arrangement will go in happy.
"Whenever I am asked the question on who should then lead this coalition, I always choose to be a liberal and say that the first and most important thing is that the person coming to lead the coalition should never be headhunted from outside the coalition arrangement as some people always hint. It definitely has to be someone coming from within the people who will have come forward to give themselves into the coalition," Fuzwayo said.
"The second most important thing is that in choosing the leadership, the parties involved should agree to have the person who will give rise to the least disgruntlement from within the people involved in the coalition deal. Before even going into the coalition deal people should understand and be prepared to accept that not all of them from their respective parties will be positioned inside the coalition arrangement and so be equally prepared that perhaps their own party leader may not be the automatic leader of the coalition. The sentiment in some people that if their leader is not the one leading the coalition then they will not back the coalition is the first cause to the fall of the coalition and such elements must be prepared from the onset to agree not to be part of the arrangement."
He said one day he was discussing this coalition arrangement with a veteran politician here in Gwanda Petros Mukwena of the Tendai Biti led People's Democratic Party and he was adamant, as much as Biti, is that the only way forward in solving the Zimbabwean political situation is to have a National Transitional Authority that should be allowed to run the country for a while and set up parameters for a free election at some stage.
"While the idea does indeed sound noble I believe that we should by now be having a clearer understanding of who we are dealing with. It takes no "robotics scientist" to tell us that Mugabe and Zanu PF will never agree to step out of power ordinarily like that to give into a transitional authority," he said.
"In a deep desire to get Biti and his party into the inclusiveness of the coalition there is need to get us all to understand that the coalition of opposition parties is definitely not a permanent arrangement but that very idea of our own outside Mugabe and Zanu PF of trying to foster in a transitional arrangement that will get us beyond the three decades of a continuous monumental failing Zanu PF governance in 2018. Come 2023 the political dispensation in the country after the coalition government will be totally different and hopefully a purely democratic one that will allow for the free will of the people to prevail."
Fuzwayo said right now one can only come up and urge all democracy loving Zimbabweans to come out and embrace this coalition arrangement and fight to build a new Zimbabwe ourselves as Zimbabweans.
"Yes we all do have questions and concerns to raise maybe why the MDC split in the first place or pertinent questions to ask to former Zanu PF leaders like Joice Mujuru and others leading the ZimbabwePeople First party which is now coming in as a major ball player into opposition politics. Questions asked now on those past activities will only derail the 2018 passage into a new Zimbabwe," he said.
"The pains that come with agreeing to go into a coalition to bring change include the pain of getting to a stage where one has to indiscriminately have to accept to work with those people who they may have least expected to work with or even vowed never to ever work with. The building of our new Zimbabwe in the hands of the coalition government will inevitably have to be founded on a truly and all encompassing Truth and Reconciliation which will help us find each other as Zimbabweans as we build towards 2023 and beyond. All stories to be heard will be heard and we will come out knowing who really is who and why."
He said he shared advice with his friends in the MDC-T is that as the political leaders sit to deliberate on this coalition it should never be a thing of theirs alone somewhere at the top without involving them down here because any attempts to impose ideas on the people will obviously be resisted and collapse the coalition attempt.
"This is indeed our only chance as Zimbabweans to collectively reshape our destiny and as a nation we must collectively go out and grab it. Congratulations once again to friends in the MDC-T for genuinely wanting to see this dispensation succeeding for the good of our country. The onus now lies on all of us to embrace each other once and clear this country of continued gross mismanagement, corruption, greed and human rights abuses we are currently exposed to under the Zanu PF governance," he said.
he attended the burial of Redias Tlou at Stakeng Village Gwanda South that is when he noticed that the coalition of opposition parties was ideal.
He said Tlou was arguably one of the finest political figures to come out of Gwanda who groomed a hell lot of us young people coming after them in basics of opposition politics.
Fuzwayo said he travelled in the same car with mama Nomalanga Khumalo the former Deputy Speaker of Parliament, together with mama Julie Nkiwane immediate last MDC-T candidate for Gwanda Central and Akem Moyo also immediate last candidate for Gwanda South.
"Had opportunities to have detailed discussions and some short chats with other leaders of the party like Madam VP Thokozani Khupe, Lovemore Moyo, Senator Bheki Sibanda and a number of our own local Gwanda and Matabeleland South leadership of the party," Fuzwayo said.
"I must say that I am extremely excited and impressed by the willingness and determination by the MDC-T into wanting to give the coalition or election pact with other opposition parties a chance to succeed. This to me is a huge dimensional change in the direction of our opposition politics which finally shows a determination by our political leadership to really want to listen to the wishes of the people and agree to swallow personal aspirations for the good of the people."
Fuzwayo said this is an extremely applaudable dimensional change.
"I always value the teaching of Professor Welshman Ncube (MDC leader) who would always say that we can not keep doing one thing the same way over and over again and expect to get a different result. The coalition dimension is a huge step in probably that different direction which every above board reasoning Zimbabwean concerned with the direction which this country has been going under Zanu PF governance should embrace and fight for its success," he said.
"Standing here on the sidelines, one can only pray that the discussions and efforts on the coalition should not yet again collapse. The failure of the coalition talks will definitely show a serious lack of the political willingness by opposition leaders to the cause of the now obvious majority of Zimbabweans. It is not a secret that everywhere one goes trying to speak to the change of the country's fortunes, everyone who is fed up of a Zanu PF government advocates for a strong united force to stand against this monsterish party."
He said the success of the coalition should not start and end at the deliberations stage of it only, but must stretch to the victory of the coalition arrangement over Zanu PF.
"A loss to Zanu PF of the united opposition will be the greatest disaster to happen in Zimbabwean politics. It will mark a definite and indefinite end of opposition politics in the country and a rejuvenation of the disintegrating Zanu PF which will take another decades to be worked against. It is therefore advisable and imperative that in the crafting of the coalition only genuine, determined and selfless persons be allowed into this arrangement," he said.
He said in coming up with the coalition leadership it is certainly obvious that there will be disgruntlement from within the parties involved and so not everyone coming into the arrangement will go in happy.
"Whenever I am asked the question on who should then lead this coalition, I always choose to be a liberal and say that the first and most important thing is that the person coming to lead the coalition should never be headhunted from outside the coalition arrangement as some people always hint. It definitely has to be someone coming from within the people who will have come forward to give themselves into the coalition," Fuzwayo said.
"The second most important thing is that in choosing the leadership, the parties involved should agree to have the person who will give rise to the least disgruntlement from within the people involved in the coalition deal. Before even going into the coalition deal people should understand and be prepared to accept that not all of them from their respective parties will be positioned inside the coalition arrangement and so be equally prepared that perhaps their own party leader may not be the automatic leader of the coalition. The sentiment in some people that if their leader is not the one leading the coalition then they will not back the coalition is the first cause to the fall of the coalition and such elements must be prepared from the onset to agree not to be part of the arrangement."
He said one day he was discussing this coalition arrangement with a veteran politician here in Gwanda Petros Mukwena of the Tendai Biti led People's Democratic Party and he was adamant, as much as Biti, is that the only way forward in solving the Zimbabwean political situation is to have a National Transitional Authority that should be allowed to run the country for a while and set up parameters for a free election at some stage.
"While the idea does indeed sound noble I believe that we should by now be having a clearer understanding of who we are dealing with. It takes no "robotics scientist" to tell us that Mugabe and Zanu PF will never agree to step out of power ordinarily like that to give into a transitional authority," he said.
"In a deep desire to get Biti and his party into the inclusiveness of the coalition there is need to get us all to understand that the coalition of opposition parties is definitely not a permanent arrangement but that very idea of our own outside Mugabe and Zanu PF of trying to foster in a transitional arrangement that will get us beyond the three decades of a continuous monumental failing Zanu PF governance in 2018. Come 2023 the political dispensation in the country after the coalition government will be totally different and hopefully a purely democratic one that will allow for the free will of the people to prevail."
Fuzwayo said right now one can only come up and urge all democracy loving Zimbabweans to come out and embrace this coalition arrangement and fight to build a new Zimbabwe ourselves as Zimbabweans.
"Yes we all do have questions and concerns to raise maybe why the MDC split in the first place or pertinent questions to ask to former Zanu PF leaders like Joice Mujuru and others leading the ZimbabwePeople First party which is now coming in as a major ball player into opposition politics. Questions asked now on those past activities will only derail the 2018 passage into a new Zimbabwe," he said.
"The pains that come with agreeing to go into a coalition to bring change include the pain of getting to a stage where one has to indiscriminately have to accept to work with those people who they may have least expected to work with or even vowed never to ever work with. The building of our new Zimbabwe in the hands of the coalition government will inevitably have to be founded on a truly and all encompassing Truth and Reconciliation which will help us find each other as Zimbabweans as we build towards 2023 and beyond. All stories to be heard will be heard and we will come out knowing who really is who and why."
He said he shared advice with his friends in the MDC-T is that as the political leaders sit to deliberate on this coalition it should never be a thing of theirs alone somewhere at the top without involving them down here because any attempts to impose ideas on the people will obviously be resisted and collapse the coalition attempt.
"This is indeed our only chance as Zimbabweans to collectively reshape our destiny and as a nation we must collectively go out and grab it. Congratulations once again to friends in the MDC-T for genuinely wanting to see this dispensation succeeding for the good of our country. The onus now lies on all of us to embrace each other once and clear this country of continued gross mismanagement, corruption, greed and human rights abuses we are currently exposed to under the Zanu PF governance," he said.
Source - Byo24News
