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Congratulations
Zimbabwe, congratulations MDC
Mutsa Murenje
April 09, 2008
Without much skirting,
first and foremost I would want to express my profound gratitude
to the people of Zimbabwe for the politic and prudent move they
made during the just - ended harmonized elections of March
29, 2008. The move to show the ruining party ZANU PF and the octogenarian
tyrant Robert Mugabe the exit door. This in itself is a clear and
pellucid indication that no one is invincible not even Mugabe. Ask
Zambians they will tell you the same because this happened to Kaunda
when he lost control of Zambia to none other than Chiluba, the short
man (as he is affectionately known) apparently a trade unionist-cum
politician just like our newly elected President of the Republic
of Zimbabwe Morgan Richard Tsvangirai after ruining the economy
for 27 Years.
Although results of the
presidential plebiscite are yet to be announced, the most savant
and erudite amongst us know very well that the dictator and his
bootlickers were caught unawares especially considering the fact
that they had 'outright- victories in previous elections
especially from the year 2000. For this reason, they are yet to
come to terms with their defeat. They want time, perhaps a little
more time to recover from the traumatic shock and debilitating,
if not diabetic, denial situation that they find themselves in.
It is indeed a truism that the history of Zimbabwe was re-written
on the 29th of March and that Zimbabwe will never be the same will
never be the same again. It is in light of this illumination that
I am overly sanguine that the Tsvangirai administration will help
us realize our dream of freedom and democracy, albeit 28 years after
' independence -.
What contributed to the
demise of ZANU PF and its leader, in my opinion, is the fact that
extremes of poverty are not only an outrage in rural areas but also
in high density suburbs in urban areas. What boggles the mind, however,
is that this poverty was largely unseen and misperceived by the
ousted dictator and his team of unscrupulous and unprincipled leaders.
For those trapped in poverty however, things are clearer. Extremes
of material and social deprivation can narrow awareness and warp,
embitter and kill. So it seems all the more right to concentrate
attention on the 'last-, on the hundreds of thousands
of largely unseen people in rural and urban areas who are poor,
weak, isolated, vulnerable and powerless. Whatever one-s ideology
it seems right to reverse the forces which exploit these people
and make and keep them physically and socially wretched. What we
want to see coming to an end during your term President Tsvangirai
is a condition of life so characterized by malnutrition, illiteracy,
disease, squalid surroundings, high infant mortality, and low life
expectancy because this is far beneath any reasonable definition
of human decency.
I rest my case.
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