MDC leader Tsvangirai is reportedly considering expanding the party’s National Executive by as much as 15 loyalists from his “kitchen cabinet”. The Congress elected 12 members and the party’s constitutions says 7 can be unelected. The MDC leader is seeking to more than double the number of unelected members!
MDC disregarded the party's constitution stipulating that the president could only serve a maximum of two terms thus allowing Tsvangirai to remain leader. Of course this gentlemen agreement applied to everyone else and hence, other than Mudziri, the top brass in the party remained in office after the May 2011 party Congress. And not contend with that, the party is bringing back the few marginal individuals the party Congress had pruned off.
“MDC has a winning team, why change it!” parroted the party chief propagandist, Nelson Chamisa.
There is no real debate and competition for leadership position in MDC turning it into a party of deadwood. The party was formed eleven years ago and its track record is already a liturgy of monumental lost opportunities and blunders.
MDC will never bring economic prosperity in Zimbabwe just as Zanu PF’s promise of mass prosperity – “gutsa ruzhinji” – has turned out to be mass poverty. The two parties’ ethos stifles competition depriving themselves the critical ingredient for a dynamic and progressive government. The only thing differentiating MDC from Zanu PF is the latter’s history of brutal repression. But do not hold your breath MDC the party has not had the opportunity of being in office to abuse it. Indeed the party has already shown they too can resort to brute force in the dog fight for party positions; a taste of what to come!
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