Zimbabwe is naturally endowed with beauty and brains. The
Declared-President Mnangagwa cannot put lipstick on a pig and then declare it
Miss Zimbabwe. An illegitimate President cannot put two fresh apples in a
rotten basket and hope to produce clean basket. One wonders if
‘new-dispensation’ means that you can cook in a dirty pot and hope that using
two cups of clean water will produce clean food. This cabinet suffers a lot of
previous co-morbidities and dirty baggage.
The appointed of a couple of notable names is just but a
cheap attempt to give gravitas to a weak president. President Mnangagwa’s
inauguration ignited a catastrophic economic decline, like no other just after
an election. A government is as strong as its leader and as economically
capable as it is legitimate. Name bombing, by throwing into the basket
Professor Ncube and Kirsty Coventry is an unsophisticated way of pampering a
largely incontinent cabinet.
As Zimbabwe will already know President Mnangagwa has no
respect for the constitution and the law but it is not anyone’s expectation
that he would continue to subvert the law. His appointments are
unconstitutional and against his stated objectives to implement devolution.
He has appointed ministers of state, who are
unconstitutional in the first instance and a subversion of devolution.
Provincial councils will have no role in circumstances where a province already
has an executive minister. It is also a shame that the declared President has
announced 43 ministers and deputies and lies that he appointed 20 ministers.
Zimbabweans can see through the lie. Creating 20 ministries is not the same as
appointing 20 ministers and this president knows that he is lying.
The appointment of a minister of local government is also a
relic of an old habit that is unconstitutional. By creating local government
and devolution the constitution intended to have people government their
matters close to home. This ministry is no longer necessary and is intended to
fight against devolution.
Notably this cabinet does not have sufficient
representation of women, young people and war veterans, even by weak ZANU PF
standards. We know that Zimbabweans know that any minister works as part of a
cabinet. This means that it does not matter who is appointed into a weak
government, led by an illegitimate president. A government is as strong as its
weakest link and a raped election produced a raped economy.
The President Advocate Nelson Chamisa did set out, during
his campaign and in his smart policy programme, a gold standard that this
country could follow in the appointment of ministers, reducing them to no more
than 15. This would guide his work in government. Owing it to the 2.6 million
voters who delivered an electoral and numbers-based victory, Zimbabwe can
expect that he is prepared to drive this economy forward. He has the right
skills and the right teams to resuscitate this economy. By Nkululeko Sibanda, Chamisa Spokesperson
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