TSVANGIRAI, THE BUFFOON, UNDERMINES SADC'S ULTIMATUM TO MUGABE!

Some one has come up with a plausible explanation why Tsvangirai called off the boycott; so that SADC can see him as the one cooperating with SADC and thus win himself some brownie points. That is exactly the kind of thing Tsvangirai would do!

It was SADC who pressured Tsvangirai to enter this power sharing nonsense to get Mugabe off the hook following the sham June 2008 elections. Tsvangirai foolishly agreed; he did not have to, but he did. When Mugabe played hard ball in the power sharing negotiations and he turned to SADC to pressure the dictator to be reasonable, SADC did not want to know. This has happened again and again and Tsvangirai has publicly accused SADC of failing to be impartial and fair, especially SADC’s chief mediator former SA President Thembo Mbeki who MDC called repeatedly to be removed.

A reasonable man would have expected MDC to remind SADC of the numerous occasions it had taken the initiative only to be kicked in the teeth by Mugabe and SADC stood by. This time MDC would demand SADC should pressure Mugabe and prove the organisation can be impartial, fair and has teeth. A reasonable man, but that does not include Tsvangirai.

In his eagerness to earn brownies points from SADC Tsvangirai has in fact undermined SADC.

Botswana’s President Ian Khama took a principled stand and took the lead in declaring Mugabe illegitimate after the June 2008 sham election. He stuck his head above the parapet and he would most certainly have supported Tsvangirai’s call for fresh elections - but of course, President Khama could not call for fresh elections himself. Someday history will know President Khama’s disappointment and frustration when Tsvangirai agreed to share power with Mugabe and thus get the dictator off the hook. This was not the last time Tsvangirai’s sheer stupidity was to drive SADC leaders up the creek!

In Maputo SADC gave Mugabe 15 days to implement the outstanding issues. For once SADC was being firm and decisive against Mugabe. What does Tsvangirai do: he calls off his own boycott and, worse still, he gave Mugabe 30 days in contrast to the 15 days SADC had demanded of Mugabe! Of course Mugabe will now want to defy SADC by do nothing in the 15 day and SADC is powerless to do anything without appearing to be bossy.

Tsvangirai begged SADC to interfere in Zimbabwe’s political crisis he himself had trigged. When SADC finally acted – guess what, it is none than Tsvangirai himself who undermines SADC’s instructions to Mugabe. How exasperating! In a way, SADC’s dismissive treatment of Tsvangirai is completely justified; how else can any one treat such a buffoon!