Opinion / Columnist
The Battle Plan for a New Zimbabwe
07 Dec 2016 at 21:11hrs | Views
As much as I respect the bravery, the pain, the torture of anyone yearning for freedom in Zimbabwe, I have also come to realize that such resistance has been weak. The opposition has one goal; to remove Mugabe out of power but with such lack of vision, with such hopeless fragmentation, the dictator has had the last laugh.
Besides the fascination with removing Mugabe from power, we are currently witnessing an opposition message contaminated with tribalism and secession. Have we not realized that dictators throughout the world are masters of outsmarting their quarrelsome opponents? Even the Bible in Proverbs 29: says 9 if a wise man has an argument with a fool, the fool only rages and laughs, and there is no quiet.
Honestly the Zimbabwean opposition is clueless and the people of Zimbabwe have to stand up and rethink of strategies that will take them out of this quagmire. Many people gave their lives and livelihoods for the opposition to take the country forward but their efforts have resulted in a more bold and entrenched dictator. The purported opposition unity talks are useless, a waste of time and going nowhere. While the idea of elites coming together to craft a transition government sounds the best bet, it still is impossible in Zimbabwe because Mugabe is so entrenched and comfortable and does not see a need to come to the table. Moreover half of the opposition political parties in Zimbabwe are ZANU (PF) offshoots.
Our opposition parties are out of touch with reality. I am not saying this to justify ZANU (PF) stay in power but to ask people to come up with other ways to liberate themselves. People must demand to know from those pretending to bring a better Zimbabwe that "better Zimbabwe blueprint" upfront; removing Mugabe from power does not qualify.
The people of Zimbabwe must ignore the more than 25 opposition political parties whose only vision for Zimbabwe is to remove Mugabe from power. What the people must have seen by now is that those masquerading as our liberators are sometimes more tyrannical than Mugabe and are actually selling us out. People must put all options on the table. Rebel insurgency; stopping monthly remittances from the diaspora; Youth movements replacing opposition movements.
In short we need a Zimbabwe Plan. Anyone who dreams of bringing change to Zimbabwe must have a plan; plan to create jobs; plan to curb corruption; plan to reduce road carnage; plan to disband Zimbabwe Republic Police; plan to divorce the civil service from the military; plan to bring back the rule of law; plan to make the media truly free.
Let us not worry about Mugabe, his family is better suited for that worry.
Besides the fascination with removing Mugabe from power, we are currently witnessing an opposition message contaminated with tribalism and secession. Have we not realized that dictators throughout the world are masters of outsmarting their quarrelsome opponents? Even the Bible in Proverbs 29: says 9 if a wise man has an argument with a fool, the fool only rages and laughs, and there is no quiet.
Honestly the Zimbabwean opposition is clueless and the people of Zimbabwe have to stand up and rethink of strategies that will take them out of this quagmire. Many people gave their lives and livelihoods for the opposition to take the country forward but their efforts have resulted in a more bold and entrenched dictator. The purported opposition unity talks are useless, a waste of time and going nowhere. While the idea of elites coming together to craft a transition government sounds the best bet, it still is impossible in Zimbabwe because Mugabe is so entrenched and comfortable and does not see a need to come to the table. Moreover half of the opposition political parties in Zimbabwe are ZANU (PF) offshoots.
Our opposition parties are out of touch with reality. I am not saying this to justify ZANU (PF) stay in power but to ask people to come up with other ways to liberate themselves. People must demand to know from those pretending to bring a better Zimbabwe that "better Zimbabwe blueprint" upfront; removing Mugabe from power does not qualify.
The people of Zimbabwe must ignore the more than 25 opposition political parties whose only vision for Zimbabwe is to remove Mugabe from power. What the people must have seen by now is that those masquerading as our liberators are sometimes more tyrannical than Mugabe and are actually selling us out. People must put all options on the table. Rebel insurgency; stopping monthly remittances from the diaspora; Youth movements replacing opposition movements.
In short we need a Zimbabwe Plan. Anyone who dreams of bringing change to Zimbabwe must have a plan; plan to create jobs; plan to curb corruption; plan to reduce road carnage; plan to disband Zimbabwe Republic Police; plan to divorce the civil service from the military; plan to bring back the rule of law; plan to make the media truly free.
Let us not worry about Mugabe, his family is better suited for that worry.
Source - Wezhira Sam
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