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MORGAN Tsvangirai’s feverish push to form coalitions with opposition rivals will come to grief because “weak plus weak translates to double weak”, says Zanu-PF Politburo member Professor Jonathan Moyo.Zanu-PF’s emphatic victory in the July 2013 elections left all opposition parties and their individual leaders disorganised and irretrievably weakened, according to Prof Moyo.
His comments came in the wake of the MDC-T leader’s successful courtship of erstwhile MDC members Job Sikhala, Joubert Mudzumwe, Edward Mkhosi and Siyabonga Malandu.
Tsvangirai was forced to reach out to former MDC leaders who quit the party in a 2005 split after senior figures within his party — led by his secretary-general Tendai Biti and treasurer Roy Bennett — demanded a leadership change.
The MDC-T leader is anxious to strengthen his hand ahead of an elective 2016 congress by looking outside.
But Prof Moyo, who is also the Information, Media and Broadcasting Services Minister, says Tsvangirai’s political maneuvering is a hopeless political sideshow.
“No opposition party or leader emerged from the 2013 harmonised general election strengthened or politically stronger,” Prof Moyo said in a statement.
“Each and all of them, without exception, were weakened to their core. This is why they are now all in disarray and divided into factions of one sort or another.
“As a result, the weakened factions and individuals within and across opposition ranks are now hopelessly trying in vain to find each other by seeking to join forces in situations that are manifestly desperate.
“Although apparently making news headlines in some sections of the media, the attempts by the various opposition factions and individuals to join forces are hopeless and doomed because when you add a weak political faction or individual with another weak faction or individual you do not get a strong result.
“Weak plus weak equals double weak! This is why minus one plus minus one equals minus two. As such, weak opposition faction plus another weak opposition faction or individual necessarily yields a weaker outcome. The truth is that there’s just no strength in combined weaknesses.”
Prof Moyo said Zanu-PF was seized with delivering on its election promises, and “Zimbabweans whose concern is to have their livelihood needs addressed through policy implementation under Zim Asset have no reason to place their hope in failed yesteryear politics of organising weaknesses under the guise of pursuing politics.”
Tsvangirai’s countrywide rallies to purge opponents and whip the party rank and file into line are “bereft of public policy interest”.
“The only relevant policy discourse with current and future benefits for everyone is the ongoing fight against corruption led by President Mugabe to ensure the success of Zim Asset in the interest of all Zimbabweans,” he said, referring to the government’s economic blueprint.
He also accused the opposition parties of attempting to bring back the “divisive politics of yesteryears to take precedence over policy implementation issues that are designed to turnaround the economy.”
He said Zanu-PF was geared to step up efforts to improve the welfare and living conditions of Zimbabweans “under the intensified implementation of Zim Asset in light of an impending bumper harvest, thanks to the significant government financial support for cropping and livestock this season . . .”
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