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The All-Inclusive Government does not know what to do
Bekezela Dube
May 27, 2009

Allow me space to challenge the all-inclusive government of the country and say why it will not achieve the outcomes expected from it, at least in the given time. In trying to revive our economy, this government has bitten more than it can chew. And to make matters worse have indicated will start on the wrong end altogether. You cannot repair the economy damage caused by ten years of intransigent in two years time. That is wishful thinking, unless of course we are talking of turning our country into a supermarket, where all the commodities are from China, Britain, America and South Africa.

The inclusive government seems to have been of the idea that the agreement between Tswangirai and Mugabe to work together would be enough to scrape ZDERA, restore in our country, not only donor confidence, but repair in one day the damage caused in all that time.

Perhaps we have forgotten why the sanctions came into place in the first place but those who imposed them are still bitter at our behavior that caused them to act in the manner that they did.

The United States of America, Britain and any of the other countries have their own laws, their own systems of governance, procedures and it is wrong for us to dictate to them how they must handle our case.

There was enough time for us to change, but we refused, instead engaged in excruciating debate with the whole world and the expense involved could well have cost us our economy. And we have no moral reason to cause anyone anywhere now, to believe we are on the road to good behavior.

Just in the last un decided election alone, bad things happened that we can not wish away, people lost their lives, limbs and as long as this fact remains unresolved, it will have the effect causing us to fail. A lot of our people are unhappy, there is so much sorrow. And there no explanations to make them understand why what they had begun to know as right, lies, violence, stealing, all the evils, is now wrong.

Left unresolved, this is enough to block, all attempts, to archieve positeve results, no matter how well meaning our efforts.

The first call of port should have been to raise the morale of Zimbabweans to the highest possible level after years of dangerous state sponsored propaganda, revisiting the long list of all those killed, those maimed, paying or promising to pay repercussions where they are due inside and outside our borders, preceding the release of all political detainees including those framed by the tae. The first step would have been to admit that we were wrong to allow the process of healing to begin take its course.

Let us desist from finding scapegoats for our failures. Failure gives us a reference point. It gives us tangible proof that we are not infallible, but the important thing is not only to seek best methods of succeeding but honest ones that will create space for justice.

We must stop lying to our children that our problems are caused elsewhere, but awaken to the fact that since independence we have done practically nothing to secure our future instead have squandered all available opportunities on useless ill advised adventures.

The success of this (government) country lies in its people, not with individuals. Economy is culture, is a way of life and culture is people. For as long as this seemingly useless advice does not penetrate those thick skulls in government, we are headed no where.

The inclusive government has failed already in protecting children-s rights as teachers harass both parents and pupils, leading to thousands dropping out before they had begun their lessons, limiting these children-s chances of participating effectively in an increasingly competitive, selfish, individualistic environment.

And our solution does not require a revolution, violence, or, anything of the sort. It calls for collective conscience of all the voting population to evaluate the facts and decide their destiny. It calls for all of us not to listen what the politicians want us to hear, but to search for the truth ourselves and come up with a decision that will make the whole world wake to our solution.

Such a decision is indeed possible when the electorate still vote their village champions, instead for the policies of the contesting candidates, but when we sit down, pray to god to bless us in our endeavour to come up with a truly lasting Zimbabwean solution. We have lost so much time and money that the inclusive government should not waste any of it. A culture of dictatorship seems to have dulled our minds. We just can not see opportunities anywhere and will remain logged down in our positions, entrenched. The inclusive government is an opportunity for us to come clean, come open and own up to all past misdemeanors!

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