For the first two years of this GNU Tsvangirai and MDC have insisted the arrangement was "working" contrary to all the evidence on the ground. It was only in the last eight months that they finally admitted that it was not working. But instead of the party seating down and come up with a detailed plan of the way out; they turned to SADC.
“The president (Tsvangirai) has been given instructions to advise Sadc correctly that there was no agreement finalised on the roadmap,” MDC spokesman, Mwonzora says. “There were certain areas where agreements were secured. But the entire roadmap has not been agreed to because we cannot have an agreed roadmap without agreeing on the three fundamental issues of Zec staffing, security sector reform and violence.”
Why Mwonzora picked on these three issues out of a raft of other outstanding and critical issues; the new constitution, media reform, voters’ rolls, etc, etc.? MDC has not accomplished anything to advance the nation’s search for democratic reform and free elections since joining the GNU over two and half years ago. Nothing, not a single thing!
The GPA gave Mugabe all the dictatorial powers to do as he pleased and, surprise, surprise the tyrant has done just that. The GNU has given the time to reorganise his party and secure funding for yet another violent election. It was clearly all along that Mugabe would never preside over his own down fall. He had terrorise the nation, had thousands raped and hundreds murdered to ensure there would be no free and fair elections and regime change in 2008. One will have to be really naïve to believe the same tyrant will honour the GPA and preside over reforms that would result in the very thing – regime change - he murdered to stop!
“The problem in the inclusive government is that Zanu PF has not changed its old tactics!" ? Tsvangirai told a rally in Kwe Kwe recently.
We all know that and have knon that for decades! What the nation want to know is what is he, as MDC leader going to do about it? Mr Prime Minister, you and your party promised the nation "democratic change" and for all your two and half years in the inclusive government you have not changed anything. Zanu PF has continued using its old dirty tactics as if you and your MDC friends were not even there!
Tsvangirai and his MDC friends led the nation into this political mess. They knew SADC was weak and had sided with Mugabe on countless occasions. They knew the regional body’s guarantee of the GPA was worthless and are therefore using SADC as an excuse for their own failure and naivety. Tsvangirai and MDC should do the honourable thing and apologise to the nation.
Zimbabweans, for our part, must now start a serious debate to chart the way out of this mess. Tsvangirai does not know where he is let alone where he should be going; to follow him any farther is sheer madness!
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Voice Of America (VOA) reported that a number of serving and former security officers are positioning themselves to contest as Zanu PF candidates in the next parliamentary elections. The Police, Army and CIO played a key roll in the 2008 elections and there is all the evidence that they will do so again. Now with a fellow security officer as candidate, that is now a given; the Police, Army and CIO will be out campaigning in the next elections.
Mugabe and JOC have always done whatever they deemed necessary to ensure there is no regime change in Zimbabwe. In 2008 JOC deployed the Police, etc to terrorise the electorate and ensure electoral victory for the civilian Zanu PF candidates. These security officers now want the civilian positions for themselves. Who will dare stop them?
Tsvangirai has been but a puddle barking at the lioness, Mugabe; the barking annoys the lioness but will not stop her doing as she pleases!
@Police
The key to peace, liberty and economic prosperity for all and not a select few is free and fair elections and democratic change. What has Tsvangirai done since joining the GNU to bring about this change? Nothing!
Signing the GPA has allowed Mugabe to not retain to State House but do so with all his dictatorial powers. Tsvangirai talks of Zanu PF is "finished" and yet acknowledges the tyrant has mobilised the State Security machinery to fight in his corner so effectively MDC have been reduced to headless chickens running from pillar to post.
Tsvangirai made the first grave mistake of signing an agreement with Mugabe that gave the tyrant all power. The second was compounded the first by stubbornly pretending the GNU was working when it was not and thus making it impossible for outsiders to put pressure on Mugabe. And the third mistake he is making now is pretending he has a plan to force through the democratic reforms when he clearly has none.
Tsvangirai has blundered from one mistake to the next and the tragedy is there are Zimbabweans like you Police who will not see this. All you are doing is behave like a two year old who believes that closing one’s eyes makes everything before you “disappear”. Grow up Police!
It took Zimbabweans twenty years to finally accept that Mugabe, their liberation war hero, was a ruthless tyrant. It has taken more than ten years already and still the people can not see that the man leading them in the fight for democratic change is a “flawed and indecisive character”. Nations get the government they deserve; with such a childish electorate like you Police we certainly deserve to be in this hell-hole.
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