tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4779437748296704455.post1322035104572611630..comments2024-03-28T20:57:54.874-07:00Comments on Zimbabwe Social Democrats: "Open for business determined by free media," argue Chinono - yes, but even so before elections W MukoriNomusa Garikaihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04964205157943684601noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4779437748296704455.post-68638968708243743132018-03-01T13:41:13.173-08:002018-03-01T13:41:13.173-08:00"Job I have failed to have confidence that no..."Job I have failed to have confidence that none of them will be able to continue with my legacy in the event that anything happens to me. I have done this as an alternative measure so that I open the race to everyone. So that anybody that is interested has an opportunity to be heard. However, I specifically did the appointment of the two vice presidents because I have got no confidence in all of the current top leadership of the party," said Tsvangirai.<br />On July 15, 2016, Tsvangirai appointed Chamisa and Mudzuri as vice presidents in a move that was seen as an attempt to map out a succession roadmap.<br />The sheer arrogance of Tsvangirai is nauseating, here is the man who has blundered from pillar to post ever since he staggered onto the political stage as MDC leaders. He has failed to get even one democratic reform implemented even when he had the golden opportunity to do so during the GNU. And yet he considers himself talented none of followers are competent to lead after him, which explains why he had the two-term limit clause remove from the party's constitution and why he refused to give up the leadership even when his health was failing. <br />Nomusa Garikaihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04964205157943684601noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4779437748296704455.post-55750098088045705332018-03-01T13:08:43.023-08:002018-03-01T13:08:43.023-08:00Part 2 of 2
4) Zimbabwe is in this economic an...Part 2 of 2<br /><br /><br /><br />4) Zimbabwe is in this economic and political mess precisely because the people had lost their fundamental freedoms and rights including the right to hold the government of the day to account. To allow the Zanu PF regime to continue to enjoy these oppressive and tyrannical power is madness. The argument that Mnangagwa is not a tyrant like Mugabe and therefore should be allowed to return the oppressive power is irrelevant as no one, tyrant or democrat should ever be allowed to have tyrannical powers.<br /><br />5) To suggest the people should give their democratic mandate to Zanu PF without a firm commitment by the regime to reform and hope to get the regime to implement the reforms afterwards is foolish because we all know it is not in the DNA of politicians to give up power, especially regimes his grip on power is totally dependent on holding on to their undemocratic powers <br /><br />With Professor Jonathan Moyo now out of the picture there is a vacancy for a chief minister of propaganda; Chinono has failed to give there even one rational reason why Zimbabweans must stop demanding the implementation of reforms, all he is offering here is propaganda to justify why the regime should not be punished to failing to implement reforms; Chinono must be fancying himself as Mnangagwa's spin doctor! From what he has written one can see he is very articulate but , more significantly as far as Mnangagwa is concerned, he has no qualms selling out the nation's freedom, human dignity, everything for the regime!<br />Nomusa Garikaihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04964205157943684601noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4779437748296704455.post-12744817590803811142018-03-01T13:07:54.723-08:002018-03-01T13:07:54.723-08:00The only political matter on the national agenda s...The only political matter on the national agenda since the November coup is demands for the new regime to implement the democratic reforms to ensure free, fair and credible elections. And for some strange reason Hopewell Chinono is saying we should take this off the national agenda. <br /><br />"Our government has been talking politics for far too long. It now needs to talk business, commerce and trade. …. It is only commerce and trade that will see the realization of a new and successful Zimbabwe. That is the only language our political actors should be talking for now," he is arguing. <br /><br />He was the matter of the "democratic deficiencies", as you call them, postponed until after the elections and even then only brought up in the context of the economy. <br /><br />"The President's clarion call is that Zimbabwe is open for business, how he will deal with the German issue (farms seized from the German nationals) will show whether Zimbabwe is indeed open for business. Most western diplomats are convinced that Zanu PF will win the upcoming general elections. It is what it will do with that mandate that will determine whether we have indeed put the Mugabe years behind us," Chinono argued.<br />"Open for business will be determined by a free media, respect for the rule of law, an independent judiciary, adherence to constitutionalism, prosecution of corrupt government officials and so on. Capital is afraid of flowing where all the above are missing."<br />I have four points here:<br /><br />1) The first point and by far the most important point to be made here is Hopewell Chinono has completely failed to understand that if President Mnangagwa was a true democrat committed to a new progressive and democratic Zimbabwe he would have implemented all the democratic freedoms and rights with any further ado. President Mnangagwa staged the November coup to restore the legacy, of himself, those like Mutsvangwa who too had been fire from the party and government and all those like Chiwenga who knew their numbers were up getting back into power. They not only wanted political power but all the Zanu PF dictatorial powers including the power to rig elections which underpinned the party's no-regime change mantra. <br /><br />2) The freedoms and basic human rights of the ordinary people, including the right to free and fair elections, are inalienable, they should have never been denied in the first place. The suggestion that they should be put on the back burner in the interest of promoting economic recovery is pure mischievous. To concede to such a proposal is to concede to the freedoms and rights alienable. <br /><br />3) It is pure nonsense to suggest that granting of the individual freedoms and rights would, in any way interfere with the implementation of the economic reforms. <br /><br />Nomusa Garikaihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04964205157943684601noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4779437748296704455.post-31254206916730173712018-02-28T21:04:02.668-08:002018-02-28T21:04:02.668-08:00"Open for business will be determined by a fr..."Open for business will be determined by a free media, respect for the rule of law, an independent judiciary, adherence to constitutionalism, prosecution of corrupt government officials and so on. Capital is afraid of flowing where all the above are missing."<br /><br />I agree that capital will shy away if the country does not address the democratic deficiencies that has earned Zimbabwe the pariah state status all these years. The point is we should insist in having all these democratic deficiencies addressed now and not after the elections. <br /><br />President Mnangagwa has promised free, fair and credible elections and yet he has done nothing ever since coming to office to make this possible.<br /><br />It is not so much Ambassador Lang who would be disappointed if we should ourselves once again stuck with President Mnangagwa and his Junta; the people of Zimbabwe will be disappointed but will only have themselves to blame for having failed to secure their democratic freedoms and rights up front!Zimbabwe Lighthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16660690160173744190noreply@blogger.com