Opinion / Columnist
Zimbabwe is a representative democracy
09 Mar 2016 at 10:16hrs | Views
Zimbabwe is a representative democracy in which national and community leadership is selected through use of the secret ballot box in periodic free and fair polls, in which all citizens participate out of their own personal volition without external impulse. The elected persons represent the interests of their constituents in various capacities in government. In doing so, they are governed by the constitution from which all laws emanate from. This is the sure way to up-hold the rule of law for the good of all citizens.
This defines the ZANU-PF government which was unanimously elected in the latest harmonized polls of 2013. The peoples of this country resoundingly expressed their intention of being ruled by the current ruling party by voting it into power.
In this vein, it is naïve for some misguided elements in our society to believe that people are perpetuating ZANU-PF misrule. This perception defeats the sense and logic of democracy whereby citizens are expected under natural obligation to choose their own leaders willingly.
In simple terms, democracy is the rule by majority vote, regardless of how some individuals are inundated by the outcome of the majority voice as the vote's outcome. That is the idiocy of democracy. However, such discontented elements are supposed to wait until the next elections when they can vote again and/or renew their interests.
The winning party has the constitutional mandate to form a government, and rule for the next five years. Within that time frame, no-one is supposed to challenge or suggest any change of government because they are obliged to administer the nation for their full term of office till the next polls. Anyone who dares to do so will be a deviant that can be charged for subversion, which is a treasonous offence. Or if they protest against government rule, they are guilty of a serious case of insurgency.
The people of Zimbabwe have an indispensible attachment with the ZANU-PF government since independence. They pay tribute to it for a number of reasons, among these are: (i) Achievement of independence from the white colonial minority rule, (ii) Universal education since 1980, (iii) Correction of colonial imbalances by repossession and redistribution of land to the peasantry, (iv) Indigenization of the economy and economic empowerment of the local citizenry, (v) Achievement of universal suffrage for the local populations, (vi) Development of people oriented public policies, (vii) Establishment of universities in every province, and (viii) Mechanization of the agricultural sector, among other concrete issues.
National political matrix is all about sensible contestations over attainment of power to control the society in the interest of the state, and to ensure its continuity. Those that will be operating out of government or some parties, are supposed to keep the ruling party under constructive criticism, checks and balances, as opposed to unnecessary bickering over some trivialities which do not have value or contribution to national development.
This defines the ZANU-PF government which was unanimously elected in the latest harmonized polls of 2013. The peoples of this country resoundingly expressed their intention of being ruled by the current ruling party by voting it into power.
In this vein, it is naïve for some misguided elements in our society to believe that people are perpetuating ZANU-PF misrule. This perception defeats the sense and logic of democracy whereby citizens are expected under natural obligation to choose their own leaders willingly.
The winning party has the constitutional mandate to form a government, and rule for the next five years. Within that time frame, no-one is supposed to challenge or suggest any change of government because they are obliged to administer the nation for their full term of office till the next polls. Anyone who dares to do so will be a deviant that can be charged for subversion, which is a treasonous offence. Or if they protest against government rule, they are guilty of a serious case of insurgency.
The people of Zimbabwe have an indispensible attachment with the ZANU-PF government since independence. They pay tribute to it for a number of reasons, among these are: (i) Achievement of independence from the white colonial minority rule, (ii) Universal education since 1980, (iii) Correction of colonial imbalances by repossession and redistribution of land to the peasantry, (iv) Indigenization of the economy and economic empowerment of the local citizenry, (v) Achievement of universal suffrage for the local populations, (vi) Development of people oriented public policies, (vii) Establishment of universities in every province, and (viii) Mechanization of the agricultural sector, among other concrete issues.
National political matrix is all about sensible contestations over attainment of power to control the society in the interest of the state, and to ensure its continuity. Those that will be operating out of government or some parties, are supposed to keep the ruling party under constructive criticism, checks and balances, as opposed to unnecessary bickering over some trivialities which do not have value or contribution to national development.
Source - Suitable Kajau
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