Opinion / Columnist
What good has the opposition parties brought to Zimbabwe?
12 Nov 2015 at 14:28hrs | Views
I think there is little! What can be fairly said is that the little good they have achieved, has been countered by all the confusion that has become the ambience of most opposition parties.
One real wonders what motivates these people to engage in politics. At one time we used to believe that they were guided by democratic principles but that has turned out to be not the case. Morgen Tsvangirai has outlived his tenure, with the dire consequences of opposition disintegration.
There are now a myriad versions of the MDC. All claim to be fighting for democracy, yet the very democracy they are romanticising has failed to unify them. With all such a confusion, it is the ordinary and poor that have suffered.
Binga, the place I come from has consistently voted for MDC for the past 15 years. But has that brought to them? Nothing! We only see these politicians during elections, soon after which they desert us. And with this in mind, one wonders of the good that the opposition has brought to us.
I do not want to scandalise the opposition parties but we want them to be accountable. Moreover, they should desist from this trait of parting ways whenever they hold differing views.
They should tolerate diversity. They should learn from ZANU PF as to why the part has stood united albeit with diversified views.
The opposition parties should learn to protect their parties.
This is worth doing considering that they have an electorate to answer to. And this unbecoming stance of theirs to stay away from elections is very misguided.
If they real see that all is not proper for them to be part of Zimbabwe political system, they should once of leave politics.
We can not have parties with double standards. Parties that verbally profess to be in politics but shunning the political processes that are at disposal. Sitting lack of political reforms is not an enough reason to not take part im elections.
These are the parties that have participated in previous election wherein the same guiding principles were at play. Moreover, what is it that is tangible, which the opposition has brought serve for the self enrichment of their leaders?
iMDC ngeke yafika lapho okuhlekwa khona iZANU PF ihleke ngoba nabo akulanto abeyenzileyo ebambekayo!!
Actual, to some extent and in certain aspects, the ruling part is better than the opposition parties. It is united, has some tangibles to show and adaptive.
I can be contacted: mathewuniquedube85@gmail.com
One real wonders what motivates these people to engage in politics. At one time we used to believe that they were guided by democratic principles but that has turned out to be not the case. Morgen Tsvangirai has outlived his tenure, with the dire consequences of opposition disintegration.
There are now a myriad versions of the MDC. All claim to be fighting for democracy, yet the very democracy they are romanticising has failed to unify them. With all such a confusion, it is the ordinary and poor that have suffered.
Binga, the place I come from has consistently voted for MDC for the past 15 years. But has that brought to them? Nothing! We only see these politicians during elections, soon after which they desert us. And with this in mind, one wonders of the good that the opposition has brought to us.
I do not want to scandalise the opposition parties but we want them to be accountable. Moreover, they should desist from this trait of parting ways whenever they hold differing views.
They should tolerate diversity. They should learn from ZANU PF as to why the part has stood united albeit with diversified views.
The opposition parties should learn to protect their parties.
This is worth doing considering that they have an electorate to answer to. And this unbecoming stance of theirs to stay away from elections is very misguided.
If they real see that all is not proper for them to be part of Zimbabwe political system, they should once of leave politics.
We can not have parties with double standards. Parties that verbally profess to be in politics but shunning the political processes that are at disposal. Sitting lack of political reforms is not an enough reason to not take part im elections.
These are the parties that have participated in previous election wherein the same guiding principles were at play. Moreover, what is it that is tangible, which the opposition has brought serve for the self enrichment of their leaders?
iMDC ngeke yafika lapho okuhlekwa khona iZANU PF ihleke ngoba nabo akulanto abeyenzileyo ebambekayo!!
Actual, to some extent and in certain aspects, the ruling part is better than the opposition parties. It is united, has some tangibles to show and adaptive.
I can be contacted: mathewuniquedube85@gmail.com
Source - Mathew Unique Dube
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