Bypassing of the MDC elements in government affairs

Posted by Nxwala on November 6, 2009

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After the signing of the political agreement last year September there are still outstanding issues especially for the MDC that has not been resolved up to now. Maybe it is because MDC promised the people will not engage themselves in any agreement if the human rights activist Jestina Mukoko is not set free. Two days later when Morgan visited the activist in jail I thought he was going to get them out but unfortunately they do not have that power like Zanu in the GPA.

A week after I saw on television Morgan making vows in front of Mugabe that on it’s own made Mugabe to be more powerful than Morgan. So that is maybe why Zanu is more powerful than MDC in the inclusive government and of course SADC favours Mugabe more than Morgan, reason being he is a long friend in the revolutionary movement. Mukoko was only acquitted after one year of attending courts, this means it was just torture and intimidation of loyal people who are concerned with the people freedom.

Twenty four hours after the signing of the agreement the appointment of the provincial governors was supposed to be done and completed but up to now after a year nothing has happened. The constitutional making process was supposed to be people driven but Zanu is insisting that the Kariba draft must be used to represent the people’s choice.

This shows me that the only people who are recognised as people in Zimbabwe is Zanu PF supporters. Those who do not belong to Zanu and those who run to neighbouring countries as political refugees and those who oppose the system of governance are considered to be people of no rights in Zimbabwe. The policy is support Mugabe and you will enjoy full protection of rights, if not move out of the country or face detention, torture or arrest and even death.

As part of the agreement no political violence was to be permitted after signing but to my surprise farm invasions started afresh and people were moved from their property by force in a very small or no time. The farm owners and their workers were forcefully removed and thrown next to the road for them to travel and go away with nothing. SADC kept quiet while
people were tortured for the property but it was agreed that no more farm invasions after the signing. This shows that this is not an agreement, it is an act of protecting someone from getting out of power. The freedom of all political prisoners was part of the agreement but many are still in prison now. It is better for those with big names like Roy Bennett, Mukoko and Tendai Biti but what about those in remote areas and unknown?.

The appointment of permanent secretaries was supposed to be shared equally but not even one is from the MDC all of them are pro Zanu. So will the MDC implement what they think is right with the secretaries from Zanu which will make it a point that what ever the MDC ministers plan will be destroyed. It must not be seen that the MDC can do anything because it has
the peoples trust and if they do well in government the support will be more. They were not supposed to allow all the permanent secretaries to be from one party, especially Zanu.

As it was done to the Ministry of Home Affairs it was also supposed to be done in the Ministry of Defence, that is to have one minister from the MDC and the other from Zanu even though the ones from MDC seems useless and powerless and is not prepared to make arrests on crimes committed by Zanu. Maybe he is afraid. If he is why did he engage himself? Why did he not mobilize loyal forces within the police of the MDC through the MDC if they are serious about people’s freedom?

The freedom of expression is still a long way to go, as to get a licence to broadcast and to write about anything you face torture, detention or arrest. I would support the continued MDC boycott of the GPA because it is illegitimate and it never changed anything to better only giving Zanu more and more power.