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Betrayal time

23 Sep 2015 at 13:10hrs | Views
When Robert Gabriel Mugabe fell at the Harare international airport, his security detail was quick to confiscate all then present journalists' gadgets with the embarrassing images, and we were told that he had tripped and fell, a fold on the red carpet had caused the dive.

The corrupt state controlled media even further said everybody falls and several examples of public figures that had fallen before were cited, to convince the nation and the world.  Now recently he has read a totally wrong script when during the opening the second session of the parliament. He read it until the end, apparently not noticing it was a wrong one. This is a sign that he is too old and should therefore quit.

If he was in a sound mind he would have realized it, and asked for the correct script. It wasn't a wrong version of the script. It was a completely a different speech to the one he was supposed to read. It may be that he was not part of the preparation of the script, perhaps handed over to him the last minute. Regardless of whoever gave him the script, or the reasons for doing so, President Mugabe should have realized that he has read that particular script before. We wait to hear from the alertly defensive state controlled media which other head of state did the same; to convince us that it is a common mistake. Zimbabwe Broadcasting Corporation was quick to put the whole proceedings off air, resonating with the forced deleting of the Harare airport's famous fall pictures from journalists imaging devices in a bid to conceal the truth from the Zimbabweans.

Reading of a wrong speech till the end shows that the president is now mentally incapacitated due to old age. It is a rare occurrence for people of such age as his to be mentally capable of carring out the demanding duties the executive post requires. More so given myriads of challenges the country is going facing.  

It is said the loyal George Charamba gestured about the mistake to ED who took no action. Munangagwa is mostly likely the one who would take over if the president is capacitated in any way. The constitution of Zimbabwe provides for a course of action to be followed. That ED remained fixed when his boss was making a grave mistake, suggest him a culprit. He may have had a hand in the whole 'accident', or even initiated it or at most, hatched it.

Then this would be betrayal of the first degree. This then shows he is impatient to rule. Munangagwa himself is said to be unpopular with the electorate, and some would even bet their most secret assets, that he would never win an honest and fair election.

Given that an inheriting the throne seems the only way he can ever get there. Constitutional provision 101 suits his wishes and efforts perfectly.

So it would not have made sense for the most 'trusted aide' to stop his boss. Mugabe's inability has therefore been aptly and publicly exposed. If it was in a boxing match, the referee would never allow such a faint opponent to continue. It would be criminal for the referee to let such a fighter to continue.

Sadly our Zanu pf dominated Zimbabwe's House of Representatives is stacked with many handpicked, imposed on the electorate MPs who are both scared of the dictator or his absence on the throne. Many of these owe their tenure to his system ingenuity in manipulating their election.

Majority of these Zanu Pf's Mps are on Mugabe's ticket and so would never oppose him whatsoever. These Zanu Pf clapped at intervals during the regurgitated speech showing unconditional support for the president, showing that they aren't objective, or that they were completely stupid. So a motion and a vote in the House to remove President Mugabe on the grounds of his incapacitation due to health problems and old age seems an impossible endeavor. But after his reading of the old speech it is apparent that he must not continue. It was the most embarrassing after the Sahara incident for the president but he may not be aware of what took place, and may not feel ashamed.
 
This event shows that those who are next in line to rule are impatient to get hold of the controls. They are now working overtime to discredit him.

Having said much of this now and before, we clearly see that in Zimbabwe it is not the wish of the electorate that matter, it is the only wish of those who want to preside over the people that matter. When Emmerson Munangagwa was appointed VP, he made sure that no one else save his wife takes over as House of Representative for Zibagwe. His action showed that he still want to be in control of the constituency indirectly. There are many other people in Chirumuhanzu besides the Munangagwas. It may be that everybody else is incapable and only they are able.  All animals may be equal, but some are more equal than others.

Many people tend to fear Emmerson Munangagwa and because of this he always gets his way. He once boosted that he was trained to kill. After that it was easy for Auxillia to win the Zibagwe seat.

Zimbabwe has people who masquerade as leader only to enrich their lives by virtue of being in power. There are many ways to prosper in life, but for weak people, the only way to be successful is to be at the helm, and use that leverage to build business empires. They don't create opportunities for the general people. They are heartless.





Source - Zanda Shumba
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