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| The Opposition has descended into a catastrophic comedy of errors |
Some opportunistic opposition options have sprouted
internally and externally in the diaspora on the frail foundations of the
‘Mugabe-must-go’ money-spinning ‘ideology’ with very little in terms of
substance and structures. As the reality of ownership and economic empowerment
becomes concrete and absolute and as the opposition continue to fail dismally,
the reality of ZANU PF dominating Zimbabwean politics for a very long time
becomes less and less abstract.
The country deserves a genuine opposition built on real
values, deep-rooted, home-grown and home-focused cornerstones. Any citizen
would want a solid opposition to the ruling party, to keep the ruling party in check, to switch
if need be should the ruling party fail to deliver but still remain assured
that the country’s vision and direction remains home-orientated and not paraded
on the neo-colonial commercial hub to the highest bidder.
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| There is no place for an opposition which seeks to employ a neo-colonial structure which seeks to erode the authentic African Vision |
An opposition that
can define and direct the country’s vision forwards as opposed to unworldly and
oblivious preoccupations with aiding and abetting the reinstatement of a
neo-colonial structure which seeks to erode the authentic African vision and
replace it with exploitation-engineered craftiness camouflaged as counterfeit
claims to African development. A ‘Mugabe-must-go-obsessed’ opposition is
structurally and strategically flawed and an authentic opposition must go
beyond the ideologically-defunct money-focused schemes tendered as alternatives
to the ruling party. Surely if a mere substance-devoid outcry for the removal
of President Mugabe is all it takes to tread the corridors of Zimbabwean power
then State House would be heaving with Presidents of all colours and creeds
right now.
The fact of the matter is that Zimbabwe is not going to have
that sort of opposition for a very long time. It takes time and commitment to
crotchet the principles, the vision and values that ZANU PF has and is still
patching and I am afraid the opposition in Zimbabwe is still a century away
from the ruling party position.
ZANU PF has roots and we are talking of taproot foundations
entangled in and around with the walls of the Great Zimbabwe and beyond. ZANU
PF breathes the same sacred air as the ancestors who laid the original
underpinning substructures and values that define this country. The party
embodies and defines the inception of Zimbabwe and its vision is enshrined in
its ideology, the country-defining vision which anchors, binds and shapes the
nation as a whole. There is a bona fide wholesomeness, a profound and tangible
trajectory to pass on for present and future national augmentation. Now that is
the ZANU PF picture and reality merged into one.
That being said, the party is not entirely without flaws,
some have snoozed on the job as evidenced by the recent revelations and
emerging sleaze and salary scandals. Yes action is being taken but this is
where my point about real opposition comes in. If ZANU PF fails to deliver
there should be available that option of switching, temporarily or permanently
but still remain assured that national direction remains unaltered, the
defining foundations of this country remain entrenched and the nucleus of this
country’s vision is shielded and secured with fortified fiestness.
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| Confusion reigns in the opposition with the leaders being accused of being the architects of chaos |
If you look around for that sort of opposition what you are
confronted with is a party with a man with no direction or roots and on the
other side is some diaspora outfits with dollar-bill-inscribed pupils dilated
with overzealous obviousness. Zimbabwean opposition politics is in an ideological
hollow zone, existing but non-existent, bottom line is wholly unconvincing;
bend over backwards and forwards to the whims of the neo-colonial command and
confines. It takes more than a Stella Artois-inspired oppositional formation
moment somewhere in the Scottish Highlands to define the course of a nation.
If you look at the past, repetitive and current compelling
bedroom and political malfunctions, opposition politics is going to require at
least thirty years to harness all the discerning voices and start engraining
collective national aspirations as ZANU PF has done. Elton Mangoma was recently
chastised and threatened for clamouring for that reinvention and renewal and my
point exactly.
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| ZANU PF remains the People's choice |
As the ZANU PF political patchwork gathers pace, the oppositional
structures are unravelling with cataclysmic inevitability. There is absolutely
nothing to dislodge ZANU PF from helm for the next century. The opposition and
the continent can only emulate the revolutionary party!
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Cde Benard Bwoni writes in his own representative capacity. He can be contacted on :
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