Tsvangirai calls on SADC as the guarantors of Zimbabwe’s GNU to intervine after nearly two years of frustration of Mugabe sending MDC from pillar to post whilst Zimbabwe still remains firmly rooted in chaos.
In 2008 Tsvangirai and MDC were like chickens that had been caught in the rain, were thoroughly soaked, are cold and are desperate for shelter and warmth. Mugabe offered them the prime minister and a few ministerial positions, knowing MDC will forget their promise to bring democratic change to Zimbabwe. Ironically it was MDC that had the stronger hand than Mugabe but were too stupid to realise it.
The GPA and the GNU was a stitch up! The GPA gave Mugabe excessive dictatorial powers and it was naïve of MDC to think the dictator will not use these powers. The only reason Tsvangirai signed on to it is a mix of sheer incompetency and greed.
Long before MDC finally agreed to the GPA the party had complained again and again about the AU and SADC favouring Mugabe when these institutions should have been impartial arbitrators. But surprisingly, MDC still went ahead and signed the GPA content to accept the AU and SADC as the guarantors of the agreement knowing fully well the guarantees were not worth the paper they were written on.
MDC is NOT offering “Zimbabweans the only genuine hope of achieving some dignity and a say in their own destiny” as some people would have us believe. MDC has done is offer Mugabe a chance to go back into State House when the whole world would not accept him as the legitimate president of Zimbabwe following the sham June 2008 presidential run-off. Mugabe has used the time to regroup and rebuild his dictatorship when it was at the verge of complete collapse. The ordinary people have gained nothing from this GNU.
The much hoped for Zimbabwe economy recovery has not happened because nothing has been done address the underlining causes of the economic melt down – mismanagement and corruption. Nothing has changed on the political front either. Mugabe has kicked the writing of the new constitution into the tall grass, media reforms have taken two years in coming and yet the goal of a free press and freedom of expression still remains, like a mirage, in the distant horizon; the threat of politically motivated violence continues to hang over the nation; etc.
How anyone can see “genuine hope” in Zimbabwe’s hopeless political and economic situation beggars belief!
Tsvangirai and MDC should admit the GPA was a blunder and walkout of the GNU. They should have never entered into this agreement. Ever since they assumed the position of power walking out has become unthinkable; give up being PM Tsvangirai to revert to plain old Morgan Tsvangirai was too much to bear. MDC is asking SADC to intervene no because that he expects the later to do anything, it is simply an excuse for him and his friends to stay in the GNU.
As national leaders, Tsvangirai and his MDC colleagues have been a total failure; it is time that the Zimbabwean electorate flex their muscle and reminded this lot that they will never ever have their vote. Simba Makoni thought he had the Zimbabwe electorate in his pocket only to learn that he did not when the votes were counted. Zimbabweans are not stupid, they know Tsvangirai and his MDC friends have sold them cheap to Mugabe and Zanu PF. They better enjoy the little power they have now because they will never win the next election.
The Zimbabweans in the Diaspora understand what MDC has been doing in these last few years and they may not have a vote but they certainly have influence over the Zimbabweans still in the country, who have the vote. Tsvangirai should remember the hostile reception Zimbabweans in UK gave him last time he tried patronising them! Mugabe is banking on using violence to force the electorate to vote for him; it is unthinkable that there will be another political leader as naïve as Tsvangirai to get him off the hook again!
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