Is Tsvangirai a Zanu-PF political commissar?

The recent expulsion of 21 MPs from parliament by the speaker of the house at the instigation of Morgan Tsvangirai comes as no surprise.

Zimbabweans are witnesses to the former premier's botched legacy.

Tsvangirai, who is in the habit of letting his emotions govern his mental faculties, has unwittingly consolidated Zanu-PF's hold on power.

Given that his party will not participate in the by-elections, Tsvangirai has donated 21 seats to Zanu-PF making him Mugabe's reliable servant.

Making premature decisions which are detrimental to opposition politics has become Tsvangirai's trademark.

Tsvangirai once said his party was pushing for a national convergence of opposition parties, churches and students to find a solution to Zimbabwe's waning political fortunes.

His ill-thought move to recall the MPs contradicts his call for unity.

One wonders who will be part of the so called "national convergence" given that Tsvangirai is working in unison with Zanu-PF to dismiss fellow democrats.

This is not the first time Tsvangirai has re-energised Zanu-PF. History has captured him behaving like a Zanu-PF political commissar.

In 2005, when the opposition was at its climax, Tsvangirai hatched a plan to get rid of intellectuals who were the soul of the MDC.

As expected, Tsvangirai initiated a debate on participation in the senatorial elections, the intellectuals disagreed with him and the consequence is the infamous split of 2005.

In 2007, the former premier was at it again, but this time he directed his axe on gender activists in the party.

Tsvangirai replaced Lucia Matibenga with his incompetent close ally Theresa Makone for no apparent reasons.

Matibenga had been constitutionally elected by women at their earlier congress in Bulawayo but that did not have any significance to him.

Her main crime was her popularity within the party; to Tsvangirai fame is synonymous to rebelliousness and indiscipline.

Tsvangirai took his shenanigans to the government of national unity of 2009-2013.

While Mugabe was devising plans on how to maintain his hold to power, Tsvangirai was obsessed with the title of PM to the extent of going back to his adolescence.

Tsvangirai turned into a sex maniac, sleeping with beautiful women became his roadmap to free and fair elections.

He began to replace his favourite terms such as rule of law, security sector reform and constitutionalism with love poems.

Facing a bleak future, Tsvangirai resorted to a culture of violence which he was mentored into during the period of the GNU by his tutor; Mugabe.

Elton Mangoma, Promise Mkwananzi and Solomon Madzore were bashed by his youth militia after they called for his resignation after what they termed "14 years of inept leadership". Tsvangirai's display of thuggish behaviour even prompted Mugabe to fire former war veteran leader Jabulani Sibanda and Chipangano leader, Jimmy Kunaka for failing to meet the level of violence exhibited by Tsvangirai's ruffians.

As if this was not enough, the former premier blocked fire-brand youth, Nelson Chamisa's ascendance to the coveted post of the party's Secretary General. With eleven out of twelve nominations from provinces, Chamisa was nikuved on the last day.

Given the ennui that has become characteristic of our people on political matters, there was no doubt that Chamisa's charismatic leadership was going to rejuvenate the party.

But, in the interest of ensuring continuity of Zanu-PF hegemony, Chamisa was duped in favour of the dreary Douglas Mwonzora.

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Musavengana Hove is a youth activist based in Bulawayo. Email soldierjournalist@gmail.com for feedback.