'Tsvangirai travelled on foreign missions with concubines'

Zanu-PF activists who purports to be a political commentator on the state media, Psychology Maziwisa has attacked MDC-T leader Morgan Tsvangirai over the remarks about President Robert Mugabe's daughter Bona having been seen attending a summit in Japan with her father last week. Maziwisa claims that Tsvangirai has travelled on innumerable foreign missions with concubines, most of whom are young enough to be his daughters.

"We have noticed with great pity the rather desperate attempt by Tsvangirai and his MDC-T party to make issue with Madam Bona Mugabe's trip to Japan in which she accompanied her father, and our dearest leader, President Robert Mugabe," said Maziwisa.

He said not only is this another sign of Tsvangirai's pettiness, it's a demonstration that he is clueless about what happens in the global political sphere, especially since there is no law (domestic or international) that precludes a head of state from travelling with his or her daughter on state visits.

"While we don't expect Mr. Tsvangirai to know this from personal experience because he has never been a head of state himself and is unlikely ever to become one in his lifetime, at least we reasonably expect that he should be acquainted with these basic facts because they are a matter of public record," said Maziwisa. "It's really not too much to ask from someone who has a well-known dream of one day becoming Zimbabwe's head of state."

He said it is a matter of public record, for instance, that former US President Bill Clinton's daughter, Chelsea, not only attended incalculable state meetings and functions with her father, she in fact, when her mother was away campaigning, became the focal point at White House where she received several foreign dignitaries.

"Madam Bona Mugabe has not done anything nearly as much," he said. "We refuse to buy into the narrative that for as long as it's President Mugabe doing it- no matter how perfectly lawful it is, it's wrong, but if it's Bill Clinton doing it it's cool. It's a barbaric way of doing politics."

Maziwisa said the fact of the matter is that Tsvangirai needs to mind his miserable political business.

"Isn't it amazing that he has become so desperate for attention that he wants to generate headlines even with the pettiest of issues?" he asked. "It is a very sad situation indeed and a clear sign that Mr. Tsvangirai might just be beginning to see that his political career is drawing to an unhappy end."

Maziwisa said at least President Mugabe is travelling abroad with his daughter. Tsvangirai has travelled on innumerable foreign missions with concubines, most of whom are young enough to be his daughters.

"If he sees glory in that, then shame on him," he said. "He needs to shut up and concentrate on sharpening his leadership skills. Make no mistake, we are not at all perturbed by this. As far as we are concerned, Chimpanzees scream, dogs bark and Morgan Tsvangirai talks nonsense."