Monday 17 April 2017

AU Ambassador argue USA to "remove sanction" - hypocrite, who imposed GNU on Mugabe. N Garikai

It is easy to see why Africa is the most backward continent on earth; we have the most inward looking and incompetent leaders at both national and continent level. The complete failure by AU Ambassador to Washington, Chihombori-Quao, to understand simple facts left many of the listener to a recent panel discussion with USA Ambassador to Zimbabwe, Harry Thomas, on Voice Of America (VOA) real frustrated.

Ambassador Thomas explained the USA sanctions on Zimbabwe were implemented "as a result of the actions and policies of certain members of the government of Zimbabwe and other persons undermining democratic institutions and processes in Zimbabwe".

He reiterated that Zimbabwe's economy was in shambles due to poor policies and governance.

 Ambassador Chihombori-Quao insisted sanctions were one of the challenges that were impeding development in Zimbabwe; making the listeners wonder whether she was sitting on her ears so she could not hear.

Corruption in Zimbabwe, for example, has now reached astronomical levels; President Mugabe himself admitted $15 billion in diamond revenue was “swindled”. Even our simpleton AU Ambassador has to admit that no nation on earth can prosper given such serious corruption, especially one with a GPD of $10 billion like Zimbabwe.  

"If the sanctions are insignificant and are not contributing to the issues in Zimbabwe, why do we still have them? Remove them, and then there will be one problem out of many that would have been addressed," she argued.

The issue of free, fair and credible elections is important to every thinking Zimbabwean because it is the root cause of the country’s political paralysis and economic decline. We have been stuck with this corrupt and tyrannical Mugabe regime now for 37 years because the regime has undermined the country’s democratic institutions to create a de facto one party dictatorship. The regime has denied us the people our democratic freedoms and human rights including the right to free and fair elections.

After 37 years of independence, Zimbabwe is yet to hold its first free and fair elections!

It is a great pity that Ambassador Chihombori-Quao has such poor memory otherwise she would remember that in 2008 the AU election observer team refused to accept Zimbabwe’s July 2008 presidential run-off as free and fair following the unprecedented level of barbaric violence. The AU and its regional sister-body, SADC, forced President Mugabe to go into the GNU which was then tasked to implement a raft of democratic reforms.

Ambassador Chihombori-Quao’s complete refusal to accept that the West’s targeted sanctions are highlighting Zimbabwe’s serious problem of poor governance is truly shocking particularly when both the AU and SADC know there is a problem here and it is going to rear’s ugly head again in the coming months. The 2008 to 2013 GNU failed to get even one democratic reform implemented and it a given certainty that next year’s elections in Zimbabwe not be free and fair. Another rigged election will drag Zimbabwe even deeper into economic and political chaos that may well drag the whole region and the continent into yet another African man-made tragedy!

By defending President Mugabe’s lies that sanctions and not corruption and bad governance are the root causes of Zimbabwe’s economic meltdown and political chaos, she was just defending the indefensible! President Mugabe is a incompetent, corrupt and murderous tyrant and foolishness of some of our leaders at national and continental level who continue to defend these tyrants at the cost of truth and the masses is totally unacceptable.


Madam Chihombori-Quao just remember that as the AU Ambassador you represent the people of Africa and not the murderous tyrants who have imposed themselves on the people.

1 comment:

  1. Mutsvangwa said Grace could benefit from the mayhem within the G40 faction that has reportedly been pushing for her to take over from the ailing Mugabe.

    "As the popular anger of rank and file of cadres forces the President and the politburo to act, First Lady may harvest a hitherto unimagined political windfall. A revolving door could see war veterans marshal their tried and tested political credentials, pedigree and acumen all to her benefit should she decide as mooted to go for the Harare South party primaries against the troubled Mashayamombe, who is now precariously hanging on the precipice," Mutsvangwa said.

    The war veterans' leader indicated that the former fighters were willing to labour to ensure a Grace-win.

    We all know what the rogue war veterans’ “tried and tested political credentials, pedigree and acumen” means, they have demonstrated it very graphically for years but most notably in the 2008 operation “Mavhotera papi!” (Whom did you vote for!) Any fool who believed that these lawless morons had changed and was fooled by their “freedom charter” must now open their eyes.

    People like Chris Mutsvangwa are mercenaries who will harass, beat, rape and even murder innocent and defenceless civilians for a power and material wealth. A few months ago he denounced President Mugabe as a dictator not because he had an Damascene moment but because the tyrant was failing to pay him the bribe. No doubt Mugabe has offered Mutsvangwa and his rogue war veterans meat and beer and they are back singing Mugabe’s praise and ready to do his dirty bidding again!

    So, with the war veterans kissing and making up with Mugabe we too can kiss even the remote possibility of Zanu PF losing the elections good bye! The only way for Zimbabwe to get out of this political and economic mess is refusing to contest flawed elections and demand the implementation of democratic reforms!

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