The West favored Mugabe because Nkomo was close to Moscow and Russia-MRP

Mthwakazi Republic Party has said  the West favoured to give the reigns of Zimbabwe to President Robert Muagbe and supported the hunt down and vilification of the late Vice President Joshua Nkomo just because they had discovered that he was close to Moscow and Russia who they viewed as their contenders as they supported the liberation movements in Africa.

"I have always wondered, WHY THE WORLD TURNED THEIR BACK WHILE OUR MY PEOPLE WERE BEING GENOCIDAL BUTCHERED? The CIA revelation confirms to me that the Matebele people suffered as the Western world saw Dr J Nkomo as too close to Moscow and as it was Cold War by then," the MRP official Hikwa  said..

They obviously bettered a wrong horse. While Dr J Nkomo was closer to Russia and Cuba he obviously had a better vision and passion for the country. Had the West not propped Mugabe and crew Zimbabwe would not have witnessed such colossal blood loss and grave suffering."

He said they chose untested and unprincipled team that has brought havoc to Jewell of Africa.

"Look now this team is pulling the country and neighbouring countries down as they are now scared to relinquish power fearing the consequences of possible arrests and persecution. The current Zimbabwe leaders would rather allow the country go into civil strife than face justice for their human rights abuses that dates from during struggle going to eighties witnessing genocide and continued targeting anyone challenging their misrule," he said.

"People will have to realise that when those names finally reach public pages that so much is at stake for current Joint Operations Command (JOC) members who effectively rule Zimbabwe for them to facilitate transfer of power. Everyone world wide knows that Tswangirai won 2008 election. But what happened? Ex Gambia president Jameh failed to read situation. He did not realise that ECOWAZ isn't SADC. Again world is getting intolerant of bullies  dictators and human abusers."

The official said Zanu PF will therefore try all the tricks to either rig or create a situation where elections are impossible to be held.

"All this nonsense that commanders will not salute anyone with no war credentials is fake aiming to ensure that human rights abusers rule the country until they die.  There is  very good reason why the army and some war vets who have questions to answer regarding human rights abuses are supporting one person who will truly ensure that these people do not face justice.The current polarization of the country. The regional groupings threatening to tear the country apart is deliberately abated to cause more confusion and ensure that the prospective respondents to courts for human abuses rule forever and avoid justice for the rest of their lives," he said.

"There is dark period ahead of us. The country has been held at ransom by these few people for too long. The tribal tensions witnessed lately are a deliberate move by these desperate people. They are a danger to stability for sure. The solution will take sober and serious minds to read these games.2018 elections are really a serious test. Maybe more than prayers will be needed. The truth is people have suffered to long, especially those from Matabeleland and its up to Mthwakazi Republic Party to prove themselves in 2018. "

Hikwa is based in the United Kingdom and he is a member of MRP UK structures writing in his personal capacity.