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Peacemaker Zano Correspondent
Recent utterances by former Mashonaland West ZANU-PF chairperson, Temba Mliswa that MDC-T leader, Morgan Tsvangirai will win the Presidential elections in 2018 are nothing, but mere wishful thinking by a person who tasted sour grapes after his expulsion from ZANU-PF. After being ejected from the revolutionary party, Mliswa is desperate to find political space and they say any publicity is good publicity. Political turncoat Mliswa is praising Tsvangirai saying that he is the only person who can remove ZANU-PF from power. Political spent forces like Tsvangirai have nothing tangible to offer the people of Zimbabwe.
Mliswa has proved that he is confused and his statements are delusional and he does not have confidence in his own person after losing to Cde Keith Guzah in the June 10 by-election for a parliamentary seat in Hurungwe West. After the drubbing he vowed that he would not participate in any future elections, instead he would focus on other pursuits like farming. His many political noises are coming as a surprise to many.
Maybe he realises that his decision to quit politics was not fruitful as politics has made him who he is today, hence the quick reversal and then rallying behind the politically-shy Mai Joice Mujuru, who is still hiding after her ouster. Mliswa is now backing Tsvangirai, the limping horse.
It is true that Tsvangirai’s poor political performance and ill decisions were an eye opener to the electorate. Tsvangirai has proved that he is not capable of leading this nation. He even failed to lead his own political party, MDC-T. As it stands, that opposition party is on the verge of collapse. There are many squabbles currently taking place in the party which l am sure will result in another comic split.
Reports have it that there are conflicts between MDC-T Bulawayo provincial leaders and the party’s founders, the MDC-T Veterans Activists’ Association (MDCVAA), following the installation of Bulawayo deputy mayor Gift Banda as substantive provincial chairman. One then wonders how on earth a person like Tsvangirai who is failing to put his house in order would manage to lead a nation like Zimbabwe.
If Mliswa is of the notion that Tsvangirai will win the Presidential election, he is dreaming in neverland. Mliswa should have seen the light that Zimbabwe is absolutely different from Senegal where a former opposition party leader, Abdoulaye Wade won presidential elections after so many years of struggling.
Former MDC-T secretary general, Tendai Biti recently confirmed that opposition political parties are in disarray. Most opposition parties have no concrete ideologies or policies they can proffer against those of the ruling party on how to revive the nation’s economy.
Another political turncoat who is making wild assumptions about the 2018 election is the ousted Mwenezi East legislator, Kudakwashe Bhasikiti who is making himself appear the fool. Bhasikiti is linked to the People First, which is alleged to be under the leadership of former Vice President Mujuru. Bhasikiti caused his own demise by fanning factionalism in Masvingo Province. President Mugabe once warned the former Masvingo Provincial chairperson that he was in the wrong basket.
After his ouster from the revolutionary party, Bhasikiti has been loud in the media trying to make news by criticising the ruling party for his expulsion. It is true when they say ‘empty vessels make the loudest noise’. It is sad that Bhasikiti and his colleagues have been noisy in the Press without saying anything significant.
One has a reason to question the existence of a political party of political rejects. How can that party survive? Most people in the People First project are power hungry and such political cowards that it would be very difficult in that outfit to choose a leader.
Surprisingly, Margaret Dongo recently made a statement saying she would team up with Mujuru to ‘rescue’ the country. What is new that can be expected from Mujuru that is different from what she was doing during her tenure as Vice President? Dongo should stop misinforming the nation. What she can anticipate from Mujuru is to lead that political party into oblivion.
Mujuru once noted that she would not be pushed into politics as she had her own time and future plans about politics. Nevertheless, she may be cognisant that she has nothing new to offer.
Online Reporter