People fed up with Morgan Tsvangirai's tactics

It is quiet true to say that the MDC-T leader, Morgan Tsvangirai is living in the world of fantasy and make belief when he hallucinates that President Mugabe's ruling is at the end. The real truth is that President Mugabe is still in control of the country and his party. Contrary to the reality on the ground it is Tsvangirai who has lost control of his party as the majority of his supporters are fed up with him and his deteriorating health.

The MDC-T party has been gripped again by an act of dictatorship after the party leader, Morgan Tsvangirai, handpicked Nelson Chamisa and Elias Mudzuri making them his deputies in addition to Thokozani Khupe. This development has been challenged by some of the party's supporters that have gone to the courts challenging the move.

Recently the MDC-T has been rocked by fresh chaos in Masvingo after some senior party leaders in the province handpicked their allies to fill vacancies in the provincial executive during a shambolic council meeting. Some party members were disgruntled after some provincial executive members, led by Mr James Gumbi, appointed their associates to fill vacant posts instead of opening the floor to voting by secret ballot.

A large number of MDC-T supporters in Bulawayo are promising to boycott all of Tsvangirai's rallies in the city and to pull out of that party and join any other party that follows its laid down principles. The majority of supporters are alleging that they are now fed up with Tsvangirai's hypocrisy and lack of good leadership skills as the man is always swayed by the wind.

Honestly, a good leader should be principled like President Robert Mugabe who is a man of his words, has clear-cut principles and has a vision. Tsvangirai lacks these qualities and behaves like a buffoon, a man of dubious revolutionary credentials. That is the reason why the MDC-T has now several offshoots which are being led by power hungry individuals who have been frustrated by Tsvangirai.

The mainstream MDC was formed in a bid to bring the perceived democracy, which even failed to materialize at all costs in that party. This is the reason why the party has and still continues to fall apart. Tsvangirai should read between the lines and learn to be democratic in the true sense rather than to be myopic. Cosmetic democracy has crippled the once vibrant opposition party.

Tsvangirai has failed dismally in leading the party to democracy and many of his supporters are contemplating joining other plethora of parties in the country under the democratic government of President Mugabe whom they envy. A close analysis of the prevailing political landscape seems to suggest that the party is heading for doom as long as Tsvangirai remains at the helm.

The lack of democracy in the party has led the faithful cadres to think otherwise and adopt apathy as an alternative and some have rejoined ZANU PF. At the moment people are being urged to boycott all of Tsvangirai's intended rallies in the country. The man is also accused of having a favourite clique of supporters whom he favors.

We want to promote democracy in this country and make sure that man stick to principles. Of late he has been soliciting for funds from councilors showing that the man is broke. If that party's members are not careful, the MDC-T will fast fall into the political oblivion as many of its supporters are now citing lack of transparence.

At times we have to a scrutinize some of the decisions being carried by political novices like Gumbi who justifies the appointments saying elections would divide the party ahead of the crunch 2018 elections. Tsvangirai behaved like a Machiavellian character who believes that the means justifies the end. Surely we should move away from medieval history which says in democracy there is a lot of idiocy.

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Stewart Murewa <stewartmurewa@gmail.com