ELECTORATE MUST HAVE SOMETHING MEANINGFUL TO SAY FOR MEANINGFUL SAY!

If we call the tail a leg, how many legs does a dog have? The answer is four; because calling the tail a leg does not make it a leg! A dog with a crippled leg may wish the tail was a leg still the tail will remain a tail regardless of the dog’s desperate need.

By the same token, many people will claim themselves to be champions of justice, freedom fighters, democrats, servants of the people, etc., etc.; they will never be any one of these people just because they said so. But out of folly and our own craving for saviours we, the people, have willingly accepted these people as heroes per excellence never to be questioned by ordinary mortals, us!

After thirty years of black majority rule; most Zimbabweans would now admit that the freedom, justice, peace and economic prosperity they had hoped for and many had died for have not materialised. Of course the explanation why this has happened is simple enough; we trusted Mugabe and Zanu PF no questions asked. What else; they were the country’s liberation heroes. Sadly, we clearly learnt nothing from the blind trust of Mugabe; because now we are doing exactly the same with Tsvangirai and MDC.

It is not so much that Zimbabweans failed to realise what a tyrant Mugabe was until it was too late; they could not. How could they when they were almost blind to what was happening. If Zimbabweans had followed the countless blunders Tsvangirai has made ever since he stepped in the country’s political scene, particularly in the last three years; it is inconceivable how anyone would still support him.

It is one thing talking about the individual right to a meaningful say in the governance of the country. But what use is that right if the individual has NOTHING meaningful to say. Zimbabwe’s thorniest problem today is without doubt the Security Sector fuelled political violence, notably the Police and CIO. Few Zimbabweans have an opinion on the matter and thus have failed to push Tsvangirai to address the matter. Needless to say Tsvangirai has no solution on the matter either. This is not rocket science!

Zimbabweans have to take an active interest in what is happening to them and drive the agenda for freedom, justice, etc. and not leave everything to the likes of Mugabe and Tsvangirai. It is impossible to have a functional democracy without an informed electorate.