Opinion / Columnist
'Mnangagwa's moves are intelligent, complicated and effective' - what a laugh, name one, just one, such move
05 Aug 2019 at 20:59hrs | Views
"Highly placed sources from Harare have indicated that President Emmerson Mnangagwa is vetting MDC MPs who are under consideration to form a quasi-government of national unity," reported Bulawayo 24.
"Insiders from the dreaded Central Intelligence Organisation's National security department known as Branch 5 who spoke to this reporter have indicated that there is an internal process which is underway and is being kept a closely guarded secret to do background checks and ensure that the MDC candidates handpicked to be part of the cabinet will accept the appointments."
When Mnangagwa and his cronies booted Mugabe out of office in the November 2017 military coup the putsch were cocksure they would revive the country's comatose economy. "Zimbabwe is open for business!" crowed Mnangagwa at every opportunity. Now two years since the coup the penny has finally dropped that the expected flood of investors and new money to kick-start the economy was not coming.
As much as Mnangagwa and his Zanu-PF regime would hate to admit it, it is nonetheless crystal clear the regime has no clue what to do to fix the economy. Meanwhile the economic meltdown is getting worse and worse as the soaring inflation, chronic shortages, etc. show. Anyone with half a brain can see the economic situation in Zimbabwe is socially, politically and morally unsustainable.
No one is therefore surprised to hear that Mnangagwa is now actively pursuing the option of sharing power with Chamisa and his MDC party. "I have the key to unlock the economy!" Chamisa claimed. Every analyst worthy of the name has dismissed the claim as political posturing but the very fact that Mnangagwa is taking this up goes to show just how desperate he must be. Desperate people do desperate things!
As for the report of CIO carefully sifting through MDC leaders to make sure those selected to be cabinet ministers "will accept the appointments". This is just a waste of time because not even one MDC leaders will refuse. They all participated in last year's elections knowing fully well the whole election process was flawed and illegal. They also knew that Zanu-PF would be giving away a few gravy-train parliamentary or senatorial seats and it was these seats they were after. A cabinet post is a significant upgrade none of them would refuse.
"Number 1 is a man who comes from an intelligence background and all his political moves and steps are from a position of intelligence," the source told the Bulawayo 24 reporter. "You need to understand who Emmerson Mnangagwa is by training in order to decipher his moves. His moves come from a counter-intelligence strength and his political plays are very complicated yet effective."
NAME ONE, JUST ONE, EFFECTIVE MOVE, COMPLICATED OR OTHERWISE, MNANGAGWA HAS EVER MADE IN HIS WHOLE LIFE! I found myself shouting at the screen.
Mnangagwa "intelligent" whose "moves are complicated and yet effective"! What a big laugh! Mnangagwa, just like Mugabe before, is a corrupt, incompetent, vote rigging and ruthless and murderous thug; yes. Intelligent, certainly not!
Zimbabwe is one of the few countries in human history that has suffered some of the most rapid economic decline because of the sheer incompetence of the country's leaders. There was no war, no natural disaster, nothing but the blundering incompetence of the country's leaders. Some of Zanu-PF's voodoo economic policies defied logic and common sense. How some of those Zanu-PF ever got their University degrees, PhDs, professorships, etc., etc. is a mystery.
If Mnangagwa was smart then he would have realised a long time ago that the Zanu-PF dictatorship was doomed to implode because the system was rotten to the core. He would have realised that Mugabe had completely destroyed the country's economy and platitudes like "Zimbabwe is open for business!" were not enough to revive the economy. He should have realised too that he would not get away with yet another rigged elections.
If Mnangagwa was intelligent, he would know that the best and only course of action was for him to acknowledge he rigged last year's elections and agree to step down without any further ado! If Mnangagwa goes into this political marriage of convenience with MDC, it is Mnangagwa who will end with a lot of egg on his face. Chamisa and company will secure gravy train seats and Mnangagwa will gain nothing because the economic meltdown will not end.
As long as Zimbabwe remains a pariah state ruled by corrupt, incompetent, vote rigging and murderous thugs the country's economy will never recover. No one investor likes to do business with thugs. Adding Chamisa and a few other MDC leaders to the Zanu-PF regime will not fool anyone much less the savvy investors!
Mnangagwa intelligent – what a laugh! What else did you want him to do to finally convince you he is just a village idiot who got luck and was promoted way beyond his level of competence!
"Insiders from the dreaded Central Intelligence Organisation's National security department known as Branch 5 who spoke to this reporter have indicated that there is an internal process which is underway and is being kept a closely guarded secret to do background checks and ensure that the MDC candidates handpicked to be part of the cabinet will accept the appointments."
When Mnangagwa and his cronies booted Mugabe out of office in the November 2017 military coup the putsch were cocksure they would revive the country's comatose economy. "Zimbabwe is open for business!" crowed Mnangagwa at every opportunity. Now two years since the coup the penny has finally dropped that the expected flood of investors and new money to kick-start the economy was not coming.
As much as Mnangagwa and his Zanu-PF regime would hate to admit it, it is nonetheless crystal clear the regime has no clue what to do to fix the economy. Meanwhile the economic meltdown is getting worse and worse as the soaring inflation, chronic shortages, etc. show. Anyone with half a brain can see the economic situation in Zimbabwe is socially, politically and morally unsustainable.
No one is therefore surprised to hear that Mnangagwa is now actively pursuing the option of sharing power with Chamisa and his MDC party. "I have the key to unlock the economy!" Chamisa claimed. Every analyst worthy of the name has dismissed the claim as political posturing but the very fact that Mnangagwa is taking this up goes to show just how desperate he must be. Desperate people do desperate things!
As for the report of CIO carefully sifting through MDC leaders to make sure those selected to be cabinet ministers "will accept the appointments". This is just a waste of time because not even one MDC leaders will refuse. They all participated in last year's elections knowing fully well the whole election process was flawed and illegal. They also knew that Zanu-PF would be giving away a few gravy-train parliamentary or senatorial seats and it was these seats they were after. A cabinet post is a significant upgrade none of them would refuse.
"Number 1 is a man who comes from an intelligence background and all his political moves and steps are from a position of intelligence," the source told the Bulawayo 24 reporter. "You need to understand who Emmerson Mnangagwa is by training in order to decipher his moves. His moves come from a counter-intelligence strength and his political plays are very complicated yet effective."
NAME ONE, JUST ONE, EFFECTIVE MOVE, COMPLICATED OR OTHERWISE, MNANGAGWA HAS EVER MADE IN HIS WHOLE LIFE! I found myself shouting at the screen.
Zimbabwe is one of the few countries in human history that has suffered some of the most rapid economic decline because of the sheer incompetence of the country's leaders. There was no war, no natural disaster, nothing but the blundering incompetence of the country's leaders. Some of Zanu-PF's voodoo economic policies defied logic and common sense. How some of those Zanu-PF ever got their University degrees, PhDs, professorships, etc., etc. is a mystery.
If Mnangagwa was smart then he would have realised a long time ago that the Zanu-PF dictatorship was doomed to implode because the system was rotten to the core. He would have realised that Mugabe had completely destroyed the country's economy and platitudes like "Zimbabwe is open for business!" were not enough to revive the economy. He should have realised too that he would not get away with yet another rigged elections.
If Mnangagwa was intelligent, he would know that the best and only course of action was for him to acknowledge he rigged last year's elections and agree to step down without any further ado! If Mnangagwa goes into this political marriage of convenience with MDC, it is Mnangagwa who will end with a lot of egg on his face. Chamisa and company will secure gravy train seats and Mnangagwa will gain nothing because the economic meltdown will not end.
As long as Zimbabwe remains a pariah state ruled by corrupt, incompetent, vote rigging and murderous thugs the country's economy will never recover. No one investor likes to do business with thugs. Adding Chamisa and a few other MDC leaders to the Zanu-PF regime will not fool anyone much less the savvy investors!
Mnangagwa intelligent – what a laugh! What else did you want him to do to finally convince you he is just a village idiot who got luck and was promoted way beyond his level of competence!
Source - zimbabwelight.blogspot.com
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