Opinion / Columnist
Crediting Mugabe with ZimPF bust-up is giving tyrant undue credit - its his headache now
09 Feb 2017 at 21:05hrs | Views
The dramatic events in Joice Mujuru's ZimPF party of the last few days have shaken up Zimbabwe's political stage and many, so called, analysts have been tripping over each other to tell us what the events mean and what will happen next. I take offense to Don Chigumba and his like's insulting analysis.
"When Judas Iscariot betrayed Jesus Christ, Christians labelled him a murderer but when Robert Mugabe killed 20 000 innocent Zimbabweans in Matabeleland, Josiah Hungwe claimed that Mugabe is the son of God," wrote Chigumba in Zimeye. "Judas Iscariot was intelligent, he became a hero by fulfilling God's promise. The death of Jesus was according to God's plan and what Judas Iscariot did was to use his superior intelligence in order to fulfil God's mission."
Chigumba signed himself off as a "political analyst". This is the shallow minded analysts who poison the minds instead of nourishing it. As for his interpretation of the Bible, he is clearly a sick man who should be in a mental institution.
God granted mankind the intellect to discern right from wrong and freedom to act freely. This is the essence of the story of Adam and Eve in the Book of Genesis, the first Book in the Bible! Yes, God knew that Jesus would be betrayed just as He knew Hitler would cause the death of millions of innocent people, that Mugabe would murder over 30 000 innocent Zimbabweans for his selfish political gain, etc. It is Judas, Hitler, Mugabe and all the other satanic devil who have walked the earth and will walk the earth to the end of time who chose, out of the wickedness in their hearts to do evil. If, by betraying Jesus, Judas showed his "superior intelligence" then the same must be said about Hitler and Mugabe.
Minister Josiah Hungwe has called Mugabe the son of God; we all know he is just one of the many sick Zanu PF psychopaths who has to sing for their supper! Of course, Hungwe was being blasphemous in calling a mortal, a murderous tyrant at that, son of God. We must let the Almighty deal with Hungwe, He does not need our help to fight His corner!
"The purpose of this article is to support the perspective that Zimbabweans has seen it before that Mutasa and Gumbo wet set apart by Zanu PF and CIOs in order to destabilize opposition politics," continued our political analyst, Chigumba.
" . . . Mujuru accused them of "sophisticated infiltration", a position which was raise by Zimbabweans before the formation of ZPF. Zimbabweans from all corners warned Joyce Mujuru that ZPF was a project of Zanu PF and CIOs but she failed to heed to their calls."
Zimbabwe is a Police State and President Mugabe would love nothing better than disrupt the opposition and keep them weak and feeble. Still, the shallowness of this analysis is attributing to the tyrant super powers that he does not have.
To start with President Mugabe is just another corrupt and incompetent Zimbabwean politician; Zimbabwe not be in such an economic mess if he was a competent leader. If Mugabe was so clever at masterminding the breakup of the opposition parties, then why has he failed to stop the breaking up of his own party Zanu PF?
Dividing the opposition has been easy to do because there is no quality people in opposition itself. Joice Mujuru, Didymus Mutasa, Rugare Gumbo and all the other ZimPF leaders have already shown, during their long stay in Zanu PF for example, that they are corrupt and incompetent and that all they cared about is power. These are the qualities of hyenas who will quarrel and even kill the other over a mouse! Zim PF is nowhere near winning power and yet the distrustful hyenas are already fighting over positions!
Tsvangirai and his MDC friends have too proved that they are corrupt and incompetent; they failed to get even one democratic reform implemented and yet that was the main reason they were in the GNU. They thought they would win the elections regardless of Zanu PF's rigging; it was not until noon 31st July 2013, voting day, that the penny finally dropped. Tsvangirai held a press conference accusing Mugabe of "stealing the elections" but people ignored his morning because MDC was warned of vote rigging.
To therefore blame everything that goes wrong in the opposition camp of President Mugabe and his CIO operatives is to over play the tyrant's power whilst ignoring the serious shortcomings in the opposition camp.
Indeed, the continued in fighting in the opposition camp is not in President Mugabe's political interest. He was a weak opposition but not too weak to take away the veneer of elections being democratic competition – a delicate balancing act which under threat after this Zim PF bust-up.
President Mugabe has never feared a united opposition, even when it included Joice Mujuru and her ZimPF - not as long as he had the free hand to rig the election! In the March 2008 elections Tsvangirai had 73% of the votes, by Mugabe's own admission. Thanks to Zanu PF's total control of ZEC, Mugabe able to have the 73% changed to 47% and thus force the July run-off which he went on use wanton violence and win.
SADC refused to accept Mugabe's victory and forced him to go into GNU with Tsvangirai and, worst of all, to accept the need for democratic reforms designed to ensure the next elections will be free, fair and credible. The one thing that frightened President Mugabe throughout the five years of the GNU is that MDC would force the implementation of the reforms. He was relieved when, at the end of the GNU, not even one reform had been implemented!
Yes, President Mugabe had pulled all the stops to bribe Tsvangirai and his MDC friends to stop them implementing the reforms. Still, even President Mugabe, would admit that the bribes would not have been enough if it was not for the fact that MDC leaders are breathtakingly corrupt and incompetent.
After the rigged July 2013 elections MDC leaders resolved that they would not take part in any future elections but anyone with even half a brain could see their greed for power will get the better of them just as greed had prevailed over reason during the GNU. No one was surprised that Tsvangirai and his MDC friends discarded their "No reform, no election!" resolution for the 2018 election without even discussing the matter.
Tsvangirai & co. are definitely struggling to justify their continue participating in flawed elections. There is no doubt Mugabe and his CIOs have spent a great deal of time and treasure in promoting the notion that a united opposition WILL – not just can - win 2018 elections regardless of all Zanu PF vote rigging shenanigans. It is in Zanu PF's interest maintain the charade the elections are credible regardless of all its vote rigging activities.
A breaking up Zim PF will make the possibility of a united opposition camp less likely. With no united opposition, the calls for implementing the democratic reforms as the only sure way of stopping Zanu PF rigging the vote and getting back into power is back on the national agenda. Anyone who thinks Mai Mujuru and Rugare Gumbo will kiss and make-up after this bust-up lives in cloud cuckoo-land. The bust-up in ZimPF therefore presenting President Mugabe with a serious headache; proof he did not engineering it.
"When Judas Iscariot betrayed Jesus Christ, Christians labelled him a murderer but when Robert Mugabe killed 20 000 innocent Zimbabweans in Matabeleland, Josiah Hungwe claimed that Mugabe is the son of God," wrote Chigumba in Zimeye. "Judas Iscariot was intelligent, he became a hero by fulfilling God's promise. The death of Jesus was according to God's plan and what Judas Iscariot did was to use his superior intelligence in order to fulfil God's mission."
Chigumba signed himself off as a "political analyst". This is the shallow minded analysts who poison the minds instead of nourishing it. As for his interpretation of the Bible, he is clearly a sick man who should be in a mental institution.
God granted mankind the intellect to discern right from wrong and freedom to act freely. This is the essence of the story of Adam and Eve in the Book of Genesis, the first Book in the Bible! Yes, God knew that Jesus would be betrayed just as He knew Hitler would cause the death of millions of innocent people, that Mugabe would murder over 30 000 innocent Zimbabweans for his selfish political gain, etc. It is Judas, Hitler, Mugabe and all the other satanic devil who have walked the earth and will walk the earth to the end of time who chose, out of the wickedness in their hearts to do evil. If, by betraying Jesus, Judas showed his "superior intelligence" then the same must be said about Hitler and Mugabe.
Minister Josiah Hungwe has called Mugabe the son of God; we all know he is just one of the many sick Zanu PF psychopaths who has to sing for their supper! Of course, Hungwe was being blasphemous in calling a mortal, a murderous tyrant at that, son of God. We must let the Almighty deal with Hungwe, He does not need our help to fight His corner!
"The purpose of this article is to support the perspective that Zimbabweans has seen it before that Mutasa and Gumbo wet set apart by Zanu PF and CIOs in order to destabilize opposition politics," continued our political analyst, Chigumba.
" . . . Mujuru accused them of "sophisticated infiltration", a position which was raise by Zimbabweans before the formation of ZPF. Zimbabweans from all corners warned Joyce Mujuru that ZPF was a project of Zanu PF and CIOs but she failed to heed to their calls."
Zimbabwe is a Police State and President Mugabe would love nothing better than disrupt the opposition and keep them weak and feeble. Still, the shallowness of this analysis is attributing to the tyrant super powers that he does not have.
To start with President Mugabe is just another corrupt and incompetent Zimbabwean politician; Zimbabwe not be in such an economic mess if he was a competent leader. If Mugabe was so clever at masterminding the breakup of the opposition parties, then why has he failed to stop the breaking up of his own party Zanu PF?
Tsvangirai and his MDC friends have too proved that they are corrupt and incompetent; they failed to get even one democratic reform implemented and yet that was the main reason they were in the GNU. They thought they would win the elections regardless of Zanu PF's rigging; it was not until noon 31st July 2013, voting day, that the penny finally dropped. Tsvangirai held a press conference accusing Mugabe of "stealing the elections" but people ignored his morning because MDC was warned of vote rigging.
To therefore blame everything that goes wrong in the opposition camp of President Mugabe and his CIO operatives is to over play the tyrant's power whilst ignoring the serious shortcomings in the opposition camp.
Indeed, the continued in fighting in the opposition camp is not in President Mugabe's political interest. He was a weak opposition but not too weak to take away the veneer of elections being democratic competition – a delicate balancing act which under threat after this Zim PF bust-up.
President Mugabe has never feared a united opposition, even when it included Joice Mujuru and her ZimPF - not as long as he had the free hand to rig the election! In the March 2008 elections Tsvangirai had 73% of the votes, by Mugabe's own admission. Thanks to Zanu PF's total control of ZEC, Mugabe able to have the 73% changed to 47% and thus force the July run-off which he went on use wanton violence and win.
SADC refused to accept Mugabe's victory and forced him to go into GNU with Tsvangirai and, worst of all, to accept the need for democratic reforms designed to ensure the next elections will be free, fair and credible. The one thing that frightened President Mugabe throughout the five years of the GNU is that MDC would force the implementation of the reforms. He was relieved when, at the end of the GNU, not even one reform had been implemented!
Yes, President Mugabe had pulled all the stops to bribe Tsvangirai and his MDC friends to stop them implementing the reforms. Still, even President Mugabe, would admit that the bribes would not have been enough if it was not for the fact that MDC leaders are breathtakingly corrupt and incompetent.
After the rigged July 2013 elections MDC leaders resolved that they would not take part in any future elections but anyone with even half a brain could see their greed for power will get the better of them just as greed had prevailed over reason during the GNU. No one was surprised that Tsvangirai and his MDC friends discarded their "No reform, no election!" resolution for the 2018 election without even discussing the matter.
Tsvangirai & co. are definitely struggling to justify their continue participating in flawed elections. There is no doubt Mugabe and his CIOs have spent a great deal of time and treasure in promoting the notion that a united opposition WILL – not just can - win 2018 elections regardless of all Zanu PF vote rigging shenanigans. It is in Zanu PF's interest maintain the charade the elections are credible regardless of all its vote rigging activities.
A breaking up Zim PF will make the possibility of a united opposition camp less likely. With no united opposition, the calls for implementing the democratic reforms as the only sure way of stopping Zanu PF rigging the vote and getting back into power is back on the national agenda. Anyone who thinks Mai Mujuru and Rugare Gumbo will kiss and make-up after this bust-up lives in cloud cuckoo-land. The bust-up in ZimPF therefore presenting President Mugabe with a serious headache; proof he did not engineering it.
Source - Patrick Guramatunhu
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