s that the MDC was founded by and soon belonged to an enormous variety of Zimbabweans from every walk of life. So powerful and so enormous was this common drive that it totally swamped any differences. We became a family of Zimbabweans blind to all but our hunger for freedom, our pride in the hand promising transparency, our belief in the hope for the future and our love for the ordinariness and goodness that oozed from all that the MDC was, stood for, and still is.
What I know for sure is that that family is still alive and well! We may be bruised, disillusioned and confused by our confused leaders, but our desires have not changed and we are driven just the same.
The party’s leaders were chosen to serve this nation to reach its simple but life- changing goals! We trusted their honesty and integrity and were not concerned with age or experience. These are the qualities we want to remind them of again – tolerance and forgiveness. Why should there be talk of divorce? How can this gigantic Zimbabwe be cut in half?
The hand belongs to us all. “Tshisa Mpama!” is our shout of jubilation and hope. Neither faction should need to sacrifice the MDC; the majority of us all do not want to focus on differences and personality faults. We want to remove the Mugabe regime and have a new beginning. If we would all put aside egos and hunger for position, even take the risk of expelling those whom we know to be harming all we believe in, how strong we would be.
Finally what I do know for sure, which would take tremendous courage, effort and risk would be if our top leadership shook the hands of our fellow brothers and sisters in this struggle and then did not let their hands go. Imagine the headlines the powerful statement it would make: “MDC leaders put down their swords and embrace each other.”
Post published in: News