Opposition coalition against Zanu-PF encouraged

The MDC member Discent Collins Bajila has encouraged opposition political parties to form a grand coalition to bring numbers which will out vote President Robert Mugabe and his Zanu PF but said the problem was that some of the opposition leaders were not consistent in their political moves.

"Two fronts of opposition to ZANU PF," said Bajila. "There has been widespread debate and discussion on the need for opposition parties in Zimbabwe to put all their differences aside and form one "Grand Coalition". The reasoning portrayed to many is that the "Grand Coalition" will bring together numbers necessary to outvote ZANU PF."

He said from the look of things this is a very noble goal that every sensible and genuine opponent of ZANU PF should seriously consider.

"The challenge is that for many this has been a simplified call hidden behind agendas that cannot co-exist in one room," he said. "

The politicians said there is a class of opposition activists that view an election as a Saloon where we must take Zimbabwe for make up. After a visit to a saloon, a person looks prettier and cleaner.

They indicated that Its all about appearances but the behavior remains the same. If you go to a saloon with tribal, racial, corrupt and violent tendencies, you will come out more beautiful, clean shaven and prettier but you will still be of tribal, racial, corrupt and violent tendencies.

"Then there are political saints. Those whose path to power is sainthood," they stated. "They are always on the outlook for evil conduct and their speeches are all about what wrong this and that. They seem to act more like political prefects than politicians. They await for the day someone does something terrible then they pounce. They seem to believe that politicians should be products of Immaculate Conception and conduct themselves sin-free."