Zimbabwe Simply Needs Serious Opposition

As things are running haywire, with the economy at the tip edge as poverty and lawlessness are sinking in, Zimbabweans remain anxious. There is no hope for the way forward. The once supposed formidable MDC movement, that had once gave the Zimbabwean people hope of replacing the arrogant and malicious ZANU PF dictatorship, has lost track. With the ongoing MDC mitosis that has seen each MDC unit further split into different units and subunits among constant bickering, power struggles and back biting, the opposition's future looks bleak in Zimbabwe.

Morgan Tsvangirai started well as a very courageous man who triggered mass stay aways that could potentially unseat the Robert Mugabe dictatorship by lawful vote. He risked his life to face the so-called "dreaded CIO" (whatever that means per Herald exaggerations). He had the hope to restore the Zimbabwe of 1980. In 2008 he won the election but was too weak to assert his position and wound up being taken for an excited Prime Minister when he was supposed to be the Head of State. With the GNU in government, Morgan Tsvangirai got carried away with a lot of issues. He drank tea and ate cheesecake with Mugabe daily. He would openly brag about how great he felt to be associated with Gushungo. Later, he would be joined by youthful and ambitious Nelson Chamisa and narcissistic Tendai Biti who also would hallucinate from the same hymn and declare that they had never seen such a prudent and intelligent man like Robert Mugabe. The whole world was amazed by such conduct after just a few encounters of the opposing forces. Anyone could tell that the opposition was slowly getting compromised through the offers of trinkets, gadgets of comfort, housing, foreign travel and large farms. In exactly 6 years from the GNU, the MDC forces got fatter, wealthier and forgetful. They would try hard to bark but their knees were turned into jelly after they had supped with the devil.

A few more years later, they would start accusing each other of power hunger and corruption. Tsvangirai would embark on a frolic of chasing nice women and having great times in international holiday resorts. He would act like he ate some rare viagra pill and would start making babies and abuse donor funds to settle law suits after double crossing women as he hopped from one swanky hotel to the next. Last week this March 2015, Tsvangirai was in Washington DC. He had visited to source funds for donor support but returned home empty handed as he could not give a good report on how he used the funds he was supposed to put into effect and bring about change in Zimbabwe through the democratic option. That's just how sad the situation is when confused remote village yokels become leaders.

Kasukuwere could have been right in stating that Morgan Tsvangirai could be another ZANU PF political commissar. That could be right because at times his inertia or lack of prudent decision-making mechanisms leaves anyone in confusion. Many keep wondering whether he has a great set of advisers or simply acts through knee jerk reaction depending on what he just ate or saw. He has made costly decisions that have compromised the standing and reputation of the opposition. No wonder why conspiracy theorists could be forgiven for believing that Tsvangirai at times gets paid big monies to confuse the masses. That's the same version that in 2008 he accepted big monies too not to challenge Mugabe at international level after the stolen election. Here is an example of his words. "Please Washington, remove the restrictive sanctions against Robert Mugabe so that there will not be any other excuse for him not to rule well…. All the people of the Zimbabwean Diaspora should come home, things are now fine…. Then he goes and donates 21 seats to ZANU PF instead of simply letting the other force be present in parliament to face a common enemy. As if that is not enough, he uses flimsy excuses to forego elections for the vacant seats. Even Obert Gutu has used the most childish of reasons to try to convince the public on why they donated the 21 seats. Now many are wondering, who does Tsvangirai work for? Now we are confused.

Then with the Biti Mangoma ongoing internal squabbles (like at the CJ hall in Highfield last week) that they try hard to hide like an elephant under a tent, Zimbabwe has no opposition. Professor Ncube was a promise but has lost a big bunch of powerful cadres through his personal weaknesses that we cannot allude to here. Now there seems to be no hope from either angle. Biti has left Zimbabwe for the USA to settle and work as his kids attend good colleges there. Everyone keeps wondering as to the way forward for Zimbabwe opposition.

What Zimbabwe simply needs right now is a no-nonsense formidable opposition force that does not send mixed signals to the public. People keep guessing and there is no reason for some of the MDC stances. People are tired of these circus performances. Most opposition has been turncoats. They fake to be opposition but are bought and showered with material goodies and they quickly abandon mission. We do not have any opposition in Zimbabwe and ZANU PF now is settling in as a permanent dictatorship. Corruption is at its peak. No checks and balances exist and everything is simply topsy-turvy. Cabinet Ministers do whatever they want. Ghost workers still exist. People are now taxed heavily through toll gates and giving bribes to the police. Foreign travel has been escalated together with the appetite for luxuries. The ordinary person is suffering. Dzamara was abducted. No one cares about him in Government. And life is supposed to go on. Then comes Tsvangirai and says for his Easter Message, "pray for Dzamara but please pray for President Mugabe to rule well and be safe and sound." Oh wow.

If only we had a real opposition force, there would never be this escalated baloney in Zimbabwe.

Republished courtesy: www.zimeye.com