The only question that matters here is are we finally smart enough to understand what is going on here and put an end to all this s***t!
This Constitutional Amendment Bill No. 3 (CAB3) circus is not getting us out of the hell-on-earth economic mess and political paralysis we find ourselves in. It is dragging us even deeper int the abyss. The regime KNEW the nation was going to fight this the same way one who landed in a pit of quick-sand would fight. The more vigorously you wriggle the quicker y u sink.
The nation should stopped participating in flawed election process "so flawed, so illegal the only logical step was t withdraw" we should have learned this after what Zanu PF did in 2008 elections and when MDC leaders failed to implement even one token reform during the GNU.
Of course, it was insane to participate in flawed 2013 elections on the basis of MDC/CCC lies they would win rigged elections. It was real dumb to repeat the same foolishness in 2018 and then gain in 2023.
With no meaningful democratic reforms implemented we knew what ever process Zanu PF would follow to get CAB3 would be be just as flawed and illegal as the election process if not worse since there are even less controls. Participating in the process only proved we really are ncapable of learning from the past.
Zanu PF three options:
a) Push through CAB3 giving the regime even more dictatorial powers and move the country ever closer to becoming the North Korea of Africa
b) Drop some of the ore obnoxious elements in the bill and even allow a referendum which the part is guaranteed to win. Zimbabwe will remain a failed state because Zanu PF's dictatorial struggle hold will remain untouched and the nation will continue participating in flawed elections to gil e the regime legitimacy.
c) Drop CAB3 completely and this will be seen as victor for VP Chiwenga's Zanu PF faction and the compromised opposition will rally behind the faction to share the spoil just as happened following the 2017 military coup. Sapping one dictator for another and thus perpetuating the status quo is not victory.
The smart move is realising that we are in quick-sand pit and having the nerve to stop the knee-jerk reaction of wriggling. Real change in Zimbabwe will happen if both Zanu PF and MDC/CCC leaders finally understand that ordinary Zimbabwe are NOT going to participate in flawed elections, so flawed and illegal the only logical step is to withdraw. They are finally going to do the only logical thing withdraw!
@ Freeman Chari
ReplyDelete"Unfortunately folks will rewrite history and fail to be accountable for the issues we are witnessing today.
Over the years, people rose through the ranks of MDC through stepping on others and smearing genuine cadres until the bulk of them chose to walk away and live their lives away from the toxicity of the "struggle”.
By the time we got to the GNU a lot of genuine cadres who had given their all were cleared.
Most of them became academics or left for the Diaspora. The gaps they left were filled by untested people – some good, some horrible.
By the time we got to 2018, most of the cdes I had worked with since 2001 were on the sidelines which meant the base of MDC-18 was relatively a coalition of the old-of-2008 and the post-2013 crop with different views on how the struggle is executed.
The Khupe incident remains a very bad chapter in MDC's history. It set a very bad base for the MDC-2018. But again, it was an opportunity not only for Nelson Chamisa but for a lot of people to rise on the back of stepping on other people or outmaneuvering others.
Again, when Douglas Mwonzora left (Which I still think was avoidable if egos were not the primary factor) it was an opportunity for people to rise.
All this meant, the opportunities fell on untested people most of whom were mere opportunists with little commitment to the real struggle for change.
By 2022, the mantra was - The NEW! CCC was born. The pre-2018 MDC remnants existed mostly at the benevolence of Chamisa. There was a new crop. A crop that generally had no understanding of the historical non-commercial execution of the struggle.
The struggle shifted from being radically ideological to purely theological. The struggle lost its bearings!
By the time Sengezo Tshabangu erupted, there was really nothing to defend in CCC. There were no stockholders. CCC had sympathisers not members.
Most of those who viewed themselves as stakeholders were folks born and bred in environments that believe God will intervene, all they needed to do is kneel/pamabvi/emadolweni.
The crew that were deployed in councils and parliament via berekamwana, most of them had zero history in the previous struggles that actually had a resistance factor in them. It was an opportunity for survival. They had no issue licking the side where their bread is buttered.
So, what have we learnt?
- History is more important than today
- Until the stomach is challenged, the heart remains a mystery
- There is a reason the body does not kill normal bacteria (flora) in the gut or vagina
- Prayer must not get in the way of swords, they can co-exist but each knowing their purpose.
#NOTO2030
Ndatenda."
When the MDC leaders failed to implement even one token democratic reform during the 2008 to 2013 GNU the party leaders proved that they are irredeemably corrupt, incompetent and utterly useless!
@ Team Pachedu
ReplyDelete"We have it on good authority that MPs are set to get over U$110,000.00 each as the vote for CAB3 draws near.
The $10,000.00 figure by Chivhayo was used as a decoy but the actual amount is much higher. The first tranche will be paid out this month with the 60% balance in the second week of May.
This will bring the total bill to over U$33 million. The funds will come as constituencies grant and loans.
Almost all MPs including former opposition from CCC have signed up for this.
#OneManOneVote #NoTo2030
~Team Pachedu
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We all knew that Zanu PF would rig the process to get the result it is after. We have participated in flawed processes again and again since 2013 when it was clear MDC leaders had sold out on implementing reforms. Those who will not learn from the past will repeat the same idiotic mistakes over and over again and pay dearly for their foolishness!
Mnangagwa is getting closer and closer to creating a de jure one man dictatorship on par with that of North Korea! And in our foolishness we have made it all possible for him to do!