Zimbabwe is a sovereign republic and not a monarchy.Recent
remarks by Grace Mugabe to the effect that President Robert Mugabe should
appoint or nominate his successor seem to suggest that a Mugabe dynasty must be
created. Whilst the MDC is not concerned about the internal squabbling and vicious
factional fights within the crumbling Zanu PF regime,we have got every reason
to get worried and seriously concerned when attempts are being openly made to
create a Mugabe dynasty.
It is part of Zimbabwe's documented political history that
Robert Mugabe,at the helm of both his crumbling party, Zanu PF and the bankrupt
Zanu PF regime that he fronts, is personally and directly responsible for
trashing the national economy through decades of misguided and ruinous economic
policies that have led to the virtual collapse of the formal economy.
By openly
encouraging and condoning corruption in high places, Mugabe is directly
responsible for creating the debilitating culture of rampant and insipid
corruption that is now endemic in all facets of Zimbabwean life.
As a social democratic political party, the MDC will
never,ever condone the creation of a Mugabe political dynasty or any other
family dynasty for that matter. As a sovereign republic, Zimbabwe should be
governed by a legitimate and responsible administration that is elected by the
people in free and fair elections, in accordance with the dictates of our
national Constitution.
In this respect, therefore, we are in full agreement with
the statement that was issued by the Zimbabwe National Liberation War Veterans
Association (ZNLWVA) in which they are calling for the arrest of Grace Mugabe
for telling Mugabe to appoint a successor. Not too long ago, some very senior
leaders of the ZNLWVA were arrested for making the exact utterances as those
made by Grace Mugabe.
As we approach the 2018 harmonised elections,the MDC would
like to emphasize the need for the holding of free and fair elections to enable
the people of Zimbabwe to choose a government that is legitimate and
democratic. We will not tolerate the notion that Robert Mugabe, somehow, has a
God-given and sacred role to appoint whoever is going to be the next President
of Zimbabwe. Indeed, Zimbabwe is not Robert Mugabe and Robert Mugabe is not
Zimbabwe.
The people of Zimbabwe have suffered through decades of
Zanu PF misrule,unchecked corruption and rampant abuse of their fundamental
human rights and liberties.
Zimbabweans deserve to live in a peaceful, democratic and
law-abiding state in which the
government of the day does not terrorize them
and clamp down on their Constitutional rights such as freedom of assembly,
freedom of expression and freedom of association.
Obert Chaurura Gutu
MDC National Spokesperson
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