Zanu PF’s succession war is heating up; Grace Mugabe is reaching for the
Bible in a desperate bid to present herself as the one who should succeed her
husband. Sadly, for Grace she meant to portray herself as King David’s son the
Solomon in the succession race with Adonija only to end up sounding more like
she was the latter.
“Using the biblical story of Adonija who organised a feast to crown
himself because his father the king was sick, Amai Mugabe said the President
has the right to be involved in naming his successor, saying the President’s
word is final,” ZBC statement said.
Madam, if you are going to quote the Bible then you should quote the
Chapter and verse that is more relevant to your circumstance and never to be blasphemy.
No word spoken by a mere mortal ‘is final’ anything; no matter what earthy
powers and airs the individual has usurped he/she must never be so arrogant as
to think them can ever abrogate unto themselves the divine powers too.
President Mugabe has taken away the ordinary people’s freedoms and human
rights including the right to free and fair elections and even the right to
life. In his 37 years in power the tyrant has murdered over 30 000 innocent
Zimbabweans to establish and retain the de facto one-party dictatorship we have
lived under all these years.
Just because President Mugabe has usurped the people’s power to hold him
to account does not mean he now has any divine powers. The final word is everything
is the prerogative of the Almighty God, Him and Him alone.
“First Lady Grace Mugabe has broken history this morning by publicly
“ordering” her husband to name his successor. This is the first-time Mugabe has
been publicly told by his wife to pass the baton. Mugabe is now expected to
obey his wife having before revealed that he has to listen to her, “ndozvandinongoitwawo
kumba imiwo imi saka ndinongoteerera,” he once admitted,” commented Zimeye.
That sounds more like what the modern day Adonija would do. King David
ordered Solomon to ride a donkey, as a sign of humility, to the site where he
was to be anointed King of Israel. President Mugabe would not dare order Grace
to wear “mariposa”, as a sign of her humility. She “only wears Gucci designer
shoes”, she said; as if she has never ever worn Bata shoes much less walked
bear-foot!
For the last 37 years, President Mugabe has stubbornly refused to name a
successor for fear he would then have to give up power. He certainly wanted to
die on the throne. Giving up power must be the hardest thing he has ever done but
when he cannot walk, stay awake for more than a few minutes, have the shakes,
etc. even the seasoned megalomania has to give up the throne.
When you see a fig-tree shedding its leaves, you can be sure the rainy
season is not far! Regime change, denied us all these decades, is now finally upon
us. After 37 years of corrupt and tyrannical Zanu PF rule, it is sweeter than
the promised by stolen 1980 independence.
This time, regime change should not the shuffle of cards, departure of one
Zanu PF dictator but only to replace him with another. As much as Grace Mugabe,
Emmerson Mnangagwa or any of the other Zanu PF thugs would wish to be Mugabe’s
successor they must know that is the last thing the people of Zimbabwe would wish
or vote for in a free, fair and credible election. The nation has yearned for
free and fair elections and will not be denied.
Grace Mugabe should not
be reading from the Book of Samuel but from the Book of Daniel. She will find her
husband and King Belshazzar of Babylon have a lot in common; both have been
measured and found wanting. The writing is on the wall for President Mugabe and
all his would be Zanu PF successors!
The people of
Zimbabwe want all the democratic reforms implemented so from henceforth the
country has free, fair and credible elections. When it comes to who should rule
Zimbabwe it should be the people and not some corrupt and murderous tyrant who,
with God’s guidance, should have the final say!
5 comments:
But “there is no succession that is performed without the involvement of Mugabe, hakuna! ….” blasted out Mrs Mugabe today.
She continued saying, “saka his(Mugabe’s) word will be final. Mark my words, his word will be final!
@ Benford
If we are going to have any meaningful debate on any issue we must agree to some basic rules otherwise. Three of these basic rules are:
1) We must accept that there is difference between facts and opinion. Whilst we can agree to differ on the latter the former must be held as sacrosanct by all.
2) We must accord others the same rights and freedoms as we would want for ourselves. In this case we must accord others the right to express their views freely and accept the views respectfully even if we do not agree with them.
Our biggest problem here is with those with the Mugabe mentality who think their right to freedom of expression include the right to silence everyone else!
3) If the first two rules are observed by all it is much easier for everyone to observe the last rule which is we must all have an open mind. No one has the monopoly on knowledge even in what one may think is their specialist areas because there is always someone else out there who know more, etc. Having an open mind allows one to look at the issue objectively and from all possible angles and evaluate what is said on merit and merit alone.
If we all learn something from the discussion then the discussion was worthwhile. If all we do is shout at each other and harden our own entrenched position regardless how flawed then we are better off not talking.
Vice President Emmerson Mnangagwa has said there is nothing sinister about the President choosing the country’s Chief Justice as this is standard practice the world over, including in countries such as the United States.
Zimbabwe should have implemented the democratic reforms and produced a democratic constitution during the GNU; we wasted the opportunity and now we are paying for it.
@ Tatambura
The Greeks proposed democracy as a system of government 2 500 years ago; we are still failing to just appreciate it and use it for our own good. To say it will happen "naturally" is just the feeble, naive and lazy mindedness that has got us in the mess in the first place.
If we want good and competent government then we must work for it and not expect it to happen "naturally". Bad governance, chaos, laziness, etc. are the things in this world one can expect to happen naturally; order is like a field of crops, to reap a bumper harvest will require hard word, good governance will require a diligent and hard working electorate. If Zimbabwe do not get off their backsides and think through what does is take to be a competent leader and then go out there a seek out such men and women this nation will go on for another 2 500 years and still be blundering from one mediocre, corrupt and incompetent regime to the next.
We do not need to reinvent the wheel, only to appreciate democratic rule as a healthy and functional system of government and apply instead the failed autocratic system we have suffered under since time immemorial!
God gave us the intellect to choose what is right and wrong we have been stuck with corrupt and incompetent leaders for the last 37 years simply because we could not be bothered to elect competent ones. Expect good government to happen naturally - how naive and stupid is that!!!!
All Grace wants is to be president so she and her family can continue to enjoy her Gucci lifestyle. She has no idea what the suffering her husband's failed rule has brought to the millions of ordinary Zimbabwe, has no clue how the economy could be put back on track even if one was to get people to explain to her and, worst of all, she really does not care about the suffering masses.
We should just concentrate on making sure the democratic reforms are implemented. In a free, fair and credible election someone like Grace Mugabe will never win the elections of that we can be certain.
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