Rome Wasn’t Built In One Day, Lets Give the Crocodile Time And Have Faith In Him – M Mugarisanwa
22 December 2017
Rome wasn’t built in one day.Lets give the crocodile time and have faith in him .
— Maccharles (@Maccharles15) December 22, 2017
An Agriculture Technical advisor, Mr M Mugarisanwa writes saying Zimbabweans should give the crocodile (President Emmerson Mnangagwa) time “and let’s have faith in him.”
His comments were also echoed by the sitting US ambassador Harry Thomas who speaking this week said Mnangagwa must be given a chance to prove himself adding also that even 7 months is not enough for this to happen.
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On the political front President Mnangagwa has done nothing to show he is serious about returning Zimbabwe to rule of law. Staging a coup; what a start point!
Rome was not build in a day but ask the Romans themselves they will tell you that it was NOT build by thugs either. Rome was built on the success of it Empire, the Roman Empire, one of the most powerful and influential Empires in human history. One of the most important pillars of the Roman Empire’s success is rule of law!
Zimbabwe is in this economic and political mess for one reason and one reason only; it is a lawless nation ruled by thugs. What Mnangagwa, now masquerading as the country’s new President, and his cabal of ruthless thugs did last month is boot out Mugabe as the figure head of the Zanu PF dictatorship for no other reason than that he was going to boot them out of the dictatorship.
It is naive to think that just because Mugabe was booted out the Zanu PF dictatorship has changed. The coup itself was an act of high treason even by the warped Zanu PF thug standards. As the coup was to restore absolute power back into the hands of the Zanu PF ruling elite supremo, the Junta, Joint Operation Command, as the coup plotters themselves readily boasted.
Zanu PF is a party of thugs and the thugs have just decided to replace one dictator for another, that is all. A black mamba that has shed off its old coat is still a deadly snake and only a fool would assume otherwise.
The euphoria that we see today is not new, we saw the same euphoria in 2008 and 2013 when the people were sure MDC had won and the same again in 1980 when the country attained her independence. On all these past occasions the euphoria misplace just as the present one is misplaced. This is euphoria based on our idiotic panache for quick easy solution to our problems.
Yes, it would be nice if Zanu PF, in booting out Mugabe, has been transformed into a party of thugs into a law abiding democratic one. That is the easy and quick fix to Zimbabwe’s current problems. The reality on the ground is that Mnangagwa is a thug and the thugs have just been renewed the dictatorship and tightened its grip on power. Thugs do not build nations, they destroy nations and it is naive to expect Mnangagwa to do else.
If we are serious about ending the country’s economic meltdown and political paralysis then we must get the democratic reforms necessary to end the Zanu PF dictatorship and lawlessness. It is hard work, we have made it even harder for ourselves by time and time again going for the easy solutions which have compounded our situation without solving anything.
Yes “Rome wasn’t built in one day “,, but the foundation must be payed quickly and the pace set . We need to progress,take for example the pace that was set by President Sata of Zambia . It only took him 2 years to build and mould the economic front. From building roads from scratch to massive overhaul of mines , industry and agriculture. Just look at the pace and speed of the phase in Zambia. Are we going to wait for 20 years to see that development. We don’t have the patience. We are well behind so we need progress and we need it now.