CCJPZ call for umpteenth multi-stakeholders dialogue - enough nonsense, just demand end to pariah state N Garikai

“Catholic bishops have called for a multi-stakeholders platform to discuss the socio-economic and political crisis in the country, but ruled out the Political Actors Dialogue (Polad), a grouping of fringe political parties which performed dismally in the 2018 elections fronted by President Emmerson Mnangagwa as a platform,” reported Bulawayo 24.

“In an interview on the sidelines of the launch of a meeting to foster co-operation between the Catholic Commission on Justice and Peace in Zimbabwe (CCJPZ) and the National Peace and Reconciliation Commission on Friday, the CCJPZ chairperson, Bishop Rudolf Nyandoro, said dialogue to solve the political crisis in Zimbabwe should not be a preserve of politicians, but all citizens.”

This is becoming a monotonous monologue! “All-stakeholders political dialogue” to talk about something we all should know by now but CCJPZ will not say it!

The root cause of Zimbabwe’s economic meltdown and humanitarian crisis is the failure to hold free, fair and credible elections that has left the country stuck for 40 years now with a corrupt, incompetent and tyrannical regime. The country needs financial assistance to kick start its comatose economy but will not get a single dollar because no one wants to do business with this pariah regime. 

The de facto one-party, Zanu PF, dictatorship has denied the people a meaningful say in the governance of the country and the country has paid dearly for the 40 years of gross mismanagement, rampant corruption and rank lawlessness that has earned the nation the pariah state status. Enough is enough! 

This Zanu PF regime is illegitimate and must step down to allow the appointment of an interim administration that will implement the reforms, hold free and fair elections and thus finally end the curse of rigged elections and bad governance. 

We all know, or should know by now, that Zimbabwe is a pariah state ruled by corrupt, incompetent and vote rigging thugs. After 40 years of pretending that we are a healthy and functioning democracy we need to be honest with ourselves and start calling a spade, spade; especially now with the nation’s very survival now on the line. 

We do not need an all-stakeholders’ conference to say what we all know and have known all these last 40 years - that Zanu PF has been rigging elections to impose its tyrannical rule on the nation. We demand and end to rigged elections, pariah state and bad governance. 

We demand the implementation of the reforms leading to the holding of free, fair and credible elections. Just say it, Bishop Nyandoro. For Pete’s sake, just spit it out!