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Your terms of reference Mr President
Munyaradzi
Bwanya
September 07, 2009
I agree with
the President entirely that some NGOs are exceeding their terms
of reference and therefore a warning is in order. There is need
for each of us to look to what we ought to be doing and do that,
sometimes, just that. It would be a shame if the NGOs would under-perform,
the humanitarian work that the majority of them are doing is very
important but it is magnified by the fact that the government charged
with protecting the people has in fact become the source of the
most of the danger. This means that the NGOs charged initially with
the duty to help, assist or compliment state action have the extra
burden of doing the government-s job which it neglects and
or refuses to do .your government cannot prohibit the people from
caring for themselves in organized fashion especially as it has
failed in that regard. Why would anyone set up an organization to
assist citizens with litigation if the government-s system
worked fairly in the administration of justice or if the Legal Aid
under the AGs office was fully functional. NGOs will stop doing
government-s work once the government starts to do it and
well, that is the simplicity of the problem.
In any case
Your Excellency, you may need reminding of your own terms of reference:
1. To uphold
and respect the Constitution
of Zimbabwe:
- The right
to life
- The right
to free and fair trials
- The right
to participate in government of our own country
- The right
to periodical, free and fair elections (these rights are not given
to us by freedom fighters, liberators or governments, they are
ours by virtue of being born human. When others deprive us of
them, they do not cease to exist.)
2. To appoint
only 31 Ministers
3. One man one farm
4. To consult and agree on the appointments of senior government
officials
5. To respect SADC decisions
6. Resignation from the Public Service at 65
My born free
advice to you would be to stick to yours and see how much work the
NGOs will have left to do. I do believe you would not worry at night
what they are doing.
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