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Prime
Minister Tsvangirai must order Chombo's investigation
Union
for Sustainable Democracy
August
23, 2010
The Union
for Sustainable Democracy urges Prime Minister Tsvangirai to act
decisively by ordering a swift probe into minister Chombo's
alleged corruption and misconduct.
Yesterday the MDC issued
a Press Release calling upon ' . . . .the inclusive government
to urgently investigate Local Government, Rural and Urban Development
minister, Ignatius Chombo.'
While USD shares the
view that Chombo has become nothing short of a menace to local governance
as he continually disrupts the free flow of competent services,
we bemoan the fact that, despite being the majority party in the
unity government, all the MDC does is call upon the unity government
to investigate Chombo.
Of course Chombo should
be arrested, tried and, if convicted, sacked. However, if the MDC
itself does not move to implement the investigation of Chombo, who
the hell will? Why Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai does not simply
go ahead and order an investigation is baffling to everyone who
has put their trust in the MDC.
It is this kind of timidity
and stunning lack of clout that enables ZANU PF - supposedly
the junior partner in the inclusive government - to trample
on the MDC with arrogance and impunity. Progress has stalled on
many fronts because of this seemingly political ineptitude on the
part of the MDC.
It is a facile to suggest
that the MDC as a party and the MDC as a partner in the inclusive
government are two separate entities. Of course they are one and
the same.
If instituting a mere
investigation is too daunting a task, how much more frightening
must it be for the MDC to approach President Mugabe on more fundamental
political reforms? And what is the prospect of doing so successfully?
USD calls on the MDC
to rethink its approach to dealing with issues in the so-called
inclusive government.
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