Tinashe Sambiri|The Zanu PF leader Emmerson Mnangagwa is not at all concerned about peace and reconciliation, a leading political analyst has said.
Writing on Twitter, political analyst Alex Magaisa dismissed the appointment of Obert Chaurura Gutu as a commissioner on the Peace and Reconciliation Commission board.
Magaisa further argues the appointment Gutu is a direct way of rewarding him for bootlicking.
Below is a statement compiled by the MDC Alliance- comprising Magaisa’s tweets…
Alex Magaisa on twitter speaks on the
Appointment of Obert Gutu as Commissioner on the National peace for reconciliation commission.
- Appointing Obert Gutu who has made it his business to spew vitriol on anyone challenging ZANU PF as a commissioner of a body meant to promote peace & reconciliation is Mnangagwa at his most natural: no pretence, arrogant, indifferent, malevolent, just raw & unadulterated power.
- It’s not just a reward for joining ZANU PF – no person in recent history has sung for his supper like Obert Gutu. It’s also a big middle finger to the idea of peace and reconciliation. How does a man who gets so excited at taunting the opposition promote peace and reconciliation?
- The NPRC was already a huge disappointment. The appointment of Gutu is Mnangagwa’s way of saying he doesn’t take the idea of peace and reconciliation seriously. It’s just a charade. If he cared he would show more respect to survivors of Gukurahundi & political violence than this.
- It’s like appointing a hyena to be in charge of a body to promote peace and reconciliation between hyenas and goats.
But I wonder how long-serving ZANU PF cadres are taking it: new recruits being rewarded with cushy seats on the gravy train while they wallow in cattle class?
