Zambia President Sata calls Tsvangirai a "stooge" - heard that one before!

Zambian President Sata calls Zimbabwe’s Prime Minister, Morgan Tsvangirai, a “stooge”. It was a very undiplomatic remark to make, to say the very least. Still, this is not the first time, nor will it be the last time, Tsvangirai’s leadership ability will be called into question.

As far back as 2001, the then USA Ambassador to Zimbabwe, Chris Dell told his bosses in Washington Tsvangirai was a “flawed and indecisive character”. The cable was not meant for public consumption and it would have remained a secret were it not for WikiLeaks. After years of Tsvangirai’s blundering, the biggest blunder was allowing Mugabe back into power through the back door; only the blind MDC supporters still have any doubt Ambassador Dell was wrong.

Zimbabweans have to deal with this elephant in the room, Tsvangirai, if this country is ever to get out of this mess!

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Amnesty International calls on the Zimbabwe government to end human rights abuses.

What else can AI do other than high light the abuses and campaign for them to end.

What I cannot accept, and I am not the only one here, is why this MDC controlled parliament has been so totally useless at stopping this madness. Hundreds of thousands of Zimbabweans were beaten and/or rapped and over 500 lost their very lives to give MDC its parliamentary majority because they believed in a parliamentary democracy to end this dictatorship. They were wrong; this MDC parliament has been more subservient to Mugabe than all the other Zanu PF controlled parliaments!

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Zimbabwe had its best chance to end Mugabe's reign of terror after the 2008 elections sadly we had the most incompetent political party led by the most indecisive character in the country's political history! Tsvangirai allowed Mugabe back into State House through the back door and has since been at the dictator's beckon and call.
Parliamentary democracy works as but like anything else even the best designed system will never achieve its intended objects in the hands of half-hearted or worse human operators.