By Patrick Guramatunhu | “To what extent it benefited the ordinary men and women because some arrangements are simple window dressing, we are not interested in window dressing arrangements but having said that, Zimbabweans did benefit tangibly from the GNU of 2009 to 2013,” said Douglas Mwonzora in a recent interview.
The people of Zimbabwe din NOT benefit from the 2008 to 20013 GNU in that MDC leaders sold-out on the most important issue – implementing the reforms. The very fact that Mwonzora still fails to see this key point only underlines why to would be folly to expect any manful change from MDC-T going forward.
“In May 2014, we had a congress of the MDC and where we made a resolution regarding sanctions and this resolution says that the MDC will work towards Zimbabwe’s international re-engagement,” explained Mwonzora.
“It also went on to say any positive move on the part of the international community must be made by an equally positive move on the part of Zimbabwe in instituting key social, political and economic reforms.”
The single most important task the people of Zimbabwe have risked life and limb to elect MDC leaders into power to carry out is to implement democratic reforms designed to end the Zanu PF dictatorship. After 20 years, 5 of which in the 2008 to 2013 GNU, MDC leaders have failed to deliver even one meaningful reform.
It is a historic fact that MDC leaders have sold-out on reforms during the GNU period; a fact the party has down played, at best, and therefore have done nothing to put right.
The most important 2014 MDC-T congress resolution was that the party would never take part in any future elections until democratic reforms were implemented. “No reform! No elections!”
It was none other than Douglas Mwonzora, as the then Secretary General of the party, who announced the following year, 2015, that the party would participate in the 2018 elections insisting the party will get Zanu PF “kicking and screaming” to implement the reforms before the elections.
The party was disregarding its own “No reform! No elections!” Resolution for the same reason it had disregarded the SADC leaders’ advice not to participating in the 2013 elections with no reforms – greed.
MDC leaders knew, with no reforms, Zanu PF would rig the elections but they were determined to participate regardless because they also knew that Zanu PF will give away a few gravy train seats, as bait to entice the opposition to participate. This was the honey pot trap MDC-T leaders have found irresistible.
Mwonzora and his MDC-T outfit are gearing to participate in the 2023 elections with no reforms in places for the same reason – greed.
Zimbabwe is up to her eye balls in this economic and political mess precisely because the country has been stuck with a corrupt, incompetent and tyrannical Zanu PF dictatorship for the last 40 years and counting. The nation elected MDC leaders to implement the reforms and thus end the Zanu PF dictatorship. What is now clear is that MDC leaders have abandoned that task and settled for letting the Zanu PF dictatorship remain in power for a share of the spoils of power.
So if Zimbabweans are serious about ending the economic meltdown and end the suffering of the millions now living in abject poverty they must see MDC leaders for what they are corrupt, incompetent and, above all, sell-outs who are given up the fight for free, fair and credible elections.
Zimbabwe desperately needs competent and focused men and women who will implement the democratic reforms and end the curse of rigged elections and bad governance. Mwonzora, Chamisa and the rest of the MDC leaders will never implement the reforms; they do not have what it takes and have proven it beyond all doubt. – SOURCE: zimbabwelight.blogspot.com