Opinion / Columnist
Zimbabwe needs respectable leaders
25 Aug 2022 at 01:35hrs | Views
IN response to Vote Zanu-PF, Mohadi tells chiefs: Is Zanu-PF second secretary Kembo Mohadi displaying his complete ignorance of the law or is he displaying complete contempt of the supreme law of the land, the Constitution?
Looking at the way Zanu-PF has run the country for the last 40 years, they have also shown contempt of the law on so many occasions.
What will the police do in the face of this blatant disregard of the law and incitement of the traditional leaders to break the law? Nothing?
What will "our" President do to rein in lawbreakers? Nothing, as we have seen when his members engage in mega corruption, violence and even murder.
It is evident that the vast majority of the population has suffered enough under this clueless and arrogant Zanu-PF.
It is now time that the real leaders of the people, the chiefs, headmen and village heads stand up for their subjects and demand free and fair elections.
What have these leaders gained in all these years they have been bowing down before these Zanu-PF thugs .
Chiefs have only been given pick-up trucks every election, but headmen and village heads, besides measly allowances, have been given next to nothing.
They all live in poverty like the rest of the population, many in pole and dagga huts with no water within miles.
How do they hold their heads up proudly as leaders of their people? How do they explain the fallen apart roads in the rural areas.
Cotton and maize crop prices are so low considering the toiling the farmers would have gone through all year to produce, yet they get paid peanuts for their sweat.
Citizens should also rise up against partisan traditional leaders and insist they follow the Constitution and stay out of politics, especially Zanu-PF's violence and impunity.
We need leaders we can respect, not "Mugabe's women".
Looking at the way Zanu-PF has run the country for the last 40 years, they have also shown contempt of the law on so many occasions.
What will the police do in the face of this blatant disregard of the law and incitement of the traditional leaders to break the law? Nothing?
What will "our" President do to rein in lawbreakers? Nothing, as we have seen when his members engage in mega corruption, violence and even murder.
It is evident that the vast majority of the population has suffered enough under this clueless and arrogant Zanu-PF.
It is now time that the real leaders of the people, the chiefs, headmen and village heads stand up for their subjects and demand free and fair elections.
Chiefs have only been given pick-up trucks every election, but headmen and village heads, besides measly allowances, have been given next to nothing.
They all live in poverty like the rest of the population, many in pole and dagga huts with no water within miles.
How do they hold their heads up proudly as leaders of their people? How do they explain the fallen apart roads in the rural areas.
Cotton and maize crop prices are so low considering the toiling the farmers would have gone through all year to produce, yet they get paid peanuts for their sweat.
Citizens should also rise up against partisan traditional leaders and insist they follow the Constitution and stay out of politics, especially Zanu-PF's violence and impunity.
We need leaders we can respect, not "Mugabe's women".
Source - NewsDay Zimbabwe
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