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Zimbabwe: Noise in MDC-T Camp, Who Cares
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The Herald (Harare)
OPINION
6 May 2008
Posted to the web 6 May 2008
Stephen T. Maimbodei
Harare
THERE is an old Chinese proverb that says, "Listen to the words and locate the deeds."
This has been said time and again: when we listen to the MDC-T and watch their conduct and actions do we see them as being in sync? Is the MDC-T walking their talk? Where are the MDC-T's words and actions taking the people of Zimbabwe, apart from the distressful situation they have already brought on Zimbabwe's doorstep?
After the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission announced the much-awaited presidential results, there were media reports that on May 3 the MDC-T party leadership held a lengthy meeting where one of the major issues discussed was whether Morgan Tsvangirai should participate in the unavoidable run-off election, since none of the four presidential candidates had garnered the 51 percent required by law to be declared the outright winner.
It was also reported that the meeting ended without the MDC-T leaders deciding whether they should take part in the re-run election.
The media also reported that the party would send a delegation to South Africa to consult with Tsvangirai, since he has been living in self-imposed exile in different parts of the Sadc region soon after the March 29 poll.
It is common knowledge that the MDC-T leadership that the people sees does not walk the talk, because it is not their game they are playing.
We also know that the delays in announcing whether Tsvangirai will battle it out with President Mugabe in a date yet to be announced by ZEC is just but a political gimmick.
No offence meant to our sisters, but the way they react to political issues that present themselves looks like they are in a courtship game. The girl, who usually knows that she is in love with the guy, will play the game: "Ha-a iwe mhani iwe. Ha-a iwe mhani iwe. Ha-a iwe John ndozvandisingade . . . "
But eventually she gives in without coercion.
This is exactly what Tsvangirai just did yesterday for the umpteenth time when the Times Online reported that Morgan Tsvangirai was undecided on run-off with President Robert Mugabe.
Wrote Catherine Philp: "Zimbabwe is to go ahead with a second-round presidential election run-off in the coming weeks, leaving the opposition scrambling to decide whether to take part or sacrifice the contest to Robert Mugabe."
Another headline said he would be coming back home, which means coming to fight, for if the dangers that he talks about are still there, why would he want to come?
Since coming onto the Zimbabwe political scene, the MDC have always played these hide-and-seek games.
The MDC-T leadership is so ensconced in its donor-funded make-believe world, and they have in the process not only fooled the people that they are a better option to Zanu-PF, but they have also forgotten the interests of the very people they claim to be representing.
In their "fight" with Zanu-PF, they have also forgotten the proverbial saying that when elephants fight, it is the grass that suffers, and that the people have had enough of their absurdity.
A general audit of their globe-trotting, both regionally and internationally, in the past few months will reveal the amounts (in hard currency) they are squandering.
In less than a decade, so short a period, they have become master jet-setters and five-star hotel connoisseurs.
Early after their formation, the late Petronella Samuriwo wrote an incisive opinion piece in the now defunct Daily News newspaper drawing the people's attention to the MDC-T leader's appetite for jet-setting, and admonishing him about his appetite for a lifestyle that did not augur well for someone who was so steeped in the development-speak language of democracy, human rights, transparency, good governance, government expenditure, rule of law, etc.
For Tsvangirai was always accusing Government for overspending and making trips that were not beneficial to the people.
The results that were announced by ZEC last Friday were well known to the MDC-T, for when Tendai Biti "announced" the MDC-T's first set of results on April 2, he remarked, upon being questioned that they would participate in a re-run election "under protest".
Well, the results are out, and the people of Zimbabwe would now want the electoral issues resolved as soon as possible so that they can go on with their lives, for people cannot be in an election fever forever.
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As the MDC-T dilly-dallies with people's lives they probably are not aware that people need respite from the current challenges they are facing.
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Time and time again these so called objective journalists who allegedly represent the general school of thought among zimbabweans dance around the fundamental issues plaguing the people of our once great nation.Facts dont lie .Corruption and misrule have led us to have the worst in the world .Mugabe lost the election.the military and police are abusing their mandate.The people have spoken obey them
Why do we get this all the time, Mugabe has lost it, the Zimbabwe Zanu PF gravy train has ended. Ian smith must be laughing his head off in his grave, he was right about Mugabe not being able to govern properly, and he was right that Mugabe was "nothing but a terrorist". Anyone who supports Mugabe must clearly understand that they have a looser, a corrupt bad and evil man, who has run Zimbabwe into the ground. Its time Mbeki and the rest of SADC realise that Zimbabwe is proof of bad governance, corruption and what happens to dictators... [Read Full Text]
We here you Stephen, you don't like or trust MDC.
Now what shall I do?
Mugabe lost the election, he must leave like the democrat that he claims to be. The problem with zanu is they have become so corrupt that they fear the inevitable once a new competent govt moves in.
Zimbabwe is for Zimbabweans - not for Zanu PF, its corrupt big-wigs. Gentlemen, ZWD 250,000,000 m dollar bill isingatenge kana 1 kg yenyama ? Tikadzora mazero akabviswa kudhara saka imarii ? And you still want to hang on by hook or crook?? Shame.
Ndatenda hangu
The problem with zanupf is that they do not understand the concept of failure, infact they do not know what failure is.To them as long as one is still on his feet despite the glaring bad effects of his decision all around him, one has not failed. So as long as zanupf members walk this earth, they will never consider themselves to have failed to run this country. Well its typical of people who kill and have killed, as long as he is up standing and still walking he will never concede defeat until he drops dead.
95% of ZANU PF are AIDS sufferers,so what do you expect.AIDS is a desease yes,but what happens is that once it attacks one it attacks their mental capabilities negatively.Mohad,Chihuri,Kasukuwere,Kangai,Munangagwa,Sikhanyiso,Matonga,Ch iwenga to mention but a few varwere.They are killing people because they say tife takawanda.Especially Mohad sometimes he goes as far as eating raw meat.Munangagwa has Kaposisa Koma whole body.If they wer body parts Munangagwa would be MHATA,Mohadi would be BECHE rembwa, Robert Mugabe would be MHATA ineMANYOKA.MUSATANYOKO VANHU VEZANU.
Non of the writers cared to respond to the real issues raised in the article. All dwelled much on who lost the presidential election but cared not to mentioned that no one of the 4 candidates won. A re-run has to be contacted, end of story. And all eligible canditates have to avail themselves to the electorate as required by law without playing this ping-pong game.
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