adminThe altruism “too many cooks spoil the broth” is valid to a very large extent in the political realm, just as the saying “two is company, three is none” suggests the importance of two political parties taking turns to rule a country with perhaps a third, smaller party catalysing the performance of the two bigger organisations to do their utmost to deliver on their promises at election time for the benefit of the electorate as a whole.
Which is what you (yes, you) find in the developed world today as a manifestation of the maturity of political systems there and a prescription for political order and stability that augurs well for the social and economic welfare of populations in those bucket cases where democracy is touted as an index of civilisation and political maturity.
The impressive conduct of the Referendum, in which our people voted overwhelmingly in support of the draft constitution, can be taken as proof enough that minority groups belonging to political parties that tip-toe between Zimbabwe and imperialist states have no clear direction or vision either regarding the future of this country and should therefore be dumped into the dustbin of history.
Moreover, some of these fly-by-night political groups are pedestrian fortune seekers out to trick unsuspecting forces that seek to destabilise smaller nations out of the dirty money that the imperialists are ready to pay for any unpatriotic persons ready to mortgage their own freedom for a fee.
The forthcoming elections provide such an opportunity for the elimination once and for all of small parties that pretend to work for the interests of Zimbabweans when in reality they use politics as a means to harvest easy but dirty money from foreign powers that believe their interests are being properly covered by the fraudster they bankroll.
That some Zimbabwean leaders denounce the independence that has seen them grow pot-bellies thanks to the armed revolution, should serve ample evidence that some political parties in Africa range themselves against ruling parties in order to receive money from the enemies of governments of liberation movements in particular.
Two properly focused political parties taking turns to rule Zimbabwe will not only manifest the maturation of our political system; they will provide political and national stability as the kind of environment under which the lives of the people of this country can be more effectively transformed.
It is foolhardy to any Zimbabwean to believe that foreign countries can perfect our political system to the country’s benefit, although foreign investment will help in the development of the country.
However, investment is not charity; it is business in which the investor and the recipient of that investment derive mutual benefits.
Of greater importance this country needs always to be led by people driven by the fear of God.
It is because such people realise that they are in the position that they are by the grace of God and that God will not smile at them should they sell the country out to the enemy.
Foreign powers hell bent on using Zimbabwe as a laboratory to culture local political Lilliputians into giants pushing nefarious interests for outsiders must be warned, too, that they risk alienating themselves from future political and economy with this country.
A highly politicised generation of new leaders patriotic to the core is sure to emerge and hedge their national interest with policies friendly only to countries that stood with Zimbabweans during the armed revolution and continued to build new bridges of solidarity with the people of this country for a better new future.
Running dogs of imperialism will not live forever but will yellow, like tree leaves, and reach their autumn, leaving behind their pay masters with no other stoogies to run with their agendas.
Stephen Mpofu is former editor of the Sunday Mail and the Chronicle.
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