Staff Reporter| Gen Constantino Chiwenga and other soldiers are perfectly okay for Zimbabwe top government posts, because even Britain has 56 soldiers inside its parliament, argues a UK lawyer.
Dr Masimba Mavaza, writing on ZimEye.com on Tuesday morning, says even the United States’s database is littered all over by hundreds of solders’ names who go back right down to the nation’s very founding in the late 1700s. The nation’s founder, Gen George Washington was a himself coup leader. He led the first successful armed struggle against Britain in a battle that then swiftly created the United States Of America.
Soldiers are better than civilians at obeying the law, Mavaza further argues.
He continues saying, “military members can-not be wished away. They are not monsters. They are citizens who have sacrificed for the good of the masses and they should not be politically discriminated because they are soldiers.
“Politics can-not be stable without the army. There is no country in the world where soldiers are not part of politics. In the British House of Commons there are 56 ex-military men and women as MPs. In the US Congress the number of ex-military men has actually grown to 108.
“Actually military people are more disciplined than civilian politicians in using the military. Former Conservative leader Ian Duncan Smith, a former Lieutenant in the British Army and Spokesman for the Brexit would not have been approved in Zimbabwean politics. Politicians in Zimbabwe are busy misleading the public and saying that the appointment of army personnel is dictatorial. It should be noted that being military is being political and dropping into mainstream civilian politics is only a change in the phase of politics. In 1971, membership of the US military service was at its peak, veterans made up 72 percent of members in the Congressional House and 78 percent in the Senate. In 1981, that number dipped to 64 percent of members, but veterans still made up a majority of Congress. So you need to adapt and stop moaning.” – CLICK HERE T READ MORE
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Thank you Dr Masimba Mavaza,for your brilliant ,meaningful comment about soldiers going into politics,there is absolutely nothing wrong with that ,in fact soldiers can lead effectively coz they are disciplined people than mere civilians going to lead i,e mugabe ! ZNA , IF PEOPLE DIDNT KNOW,is a professionally disciplined army,by world standards.I am not a soldier ,but i know this fact.
It is actually ngwena who is afraid of the opposition which is he is getting soldiers behind him to protect him . The opposition have shown that they do not fear anything
Dr Masimba Mavaza come and stay in Zimbabwe and witness for yourself how the soldiers are going to behave and then write. U were not in Zimbabwe obviously in 2008 when the soldiers where sent to campaign for Mugabe by non other than Chiwenga and Mnangagwa. I will not blame anyone who is suspicious of our army taking over ministerial positions. As a lawyer what does the constitution say to people who say certain individuals are not allowed to run the country. They proclaimed that no one who was not in the Chimurenga war will rule Zimbabwe. Does our own constitution say this and if not why should we even praise these people.i lost my father during the war, many women are widows but we have the veterans who only think about themselves and they tell us we must be patriotic. Why have they for the last 37 years not advocated for widows and orphans from the liberation war? They must spare us the nonsense. These senior army man are greedy and they are not after protecting the will of the people but their own
Pity he did not mention how those veterans got into parliament. They went to parliament on the back of elections, after lobbying voters in the party of choice. They were not handpicked or imposed on the people save for military advisors to respective governments whether US or UK. To equate a US government that had a military man at the helm on the back of a war of independence in 1700s to Zimbabwe which has had independence for 37 years now is ludicrous. None of the military men aforesaid went from the barracks to parliament and on the back of a military take over. This article smells
Thank ou for defending our heroes
Thank you otherwise , MDC Alliance is misleading the people of Zim. Vakutya Ngwena !!! They thought he is a small boy as Tsvangira said buy now reality yasvika come July 2018 we shall now the truth who really is small.