We need to remember that Morsi won the June 2012 election with 51.7 per cent of the vote following the fall from grace of longtime autocrat Hosni Mubarak. Morsi was democratically elected and Egyptians voted overwhelmingly for him. But that did not save him. Recent reports indicate beyond any iota of doubt that the military’s actions appear to have been well-received. In Zimbabwe we have always been against the military on account of the many brutalities they have visited upon us. The last thing we would want to see is a military coup against a democratically elected government.
We have an opportunity to move forward as Zimbabweans and a coup won’t allow us to realise and achieve that progress and meet the requisite conditions to restore our nation. The army will therefore only serve to maintain the status quo and restore a corrupt and dictatorial regime. A coup won’t succeed in Zimbabwe.
There can be no doubt that Morgan Tsvangirai will win the July 31 plebiscite by a landslide victory – but only if free, fair, peaceful and credible elections are held. In a helter-skelter dash to rig the polls, Africa’s oldest dictator Robert Mugabe made use of his kangaroo court to force this election on us.
Those who partook in the liberation struggle should be aware that we are grateful for their national service. But we need to demilitarise state institutions and allow civilian space to take over. Allowing the army in Zimbabwe, Africa or any other part of the world to dabble in politics is illogical at best and grossly irresponsible at worst.
Mugabe and the generals have to be reminded that they don’t own Zimbabwe. Mugabe has to remember that he isn’t our Life President. There was a time when he really had a mandate to manage the country on our behalf but I doubt we still have any confidence in a man who will soon be 90 years old. He has wielded great power and is finding it very difficult to give it up, and chances are that he will fight to the death to retain it.
I have seen Welshman Ncube and Dumiso Dabengwa coming together into some form of political alliance not to advance the Zimbabwean cause but their own selfish interests at the expense of the suffering and oppressed people of Zimbabwe. The two behave as if they are village and tribal leaders. They are against the national interest. And one wonders if they are Zanu (PF) agents meant to forestall democratic advancement in the country. I repeat: my hatred and contempt for all hypocrisy and deception is deep!
Private interest must not be put in opposition to public good. My message to Mugabe, Ncube, Dabengwa and the generals is: consider the common good, comrades. We need to come into unity of feeling, thought and action. The common good should be our watchword, badge of distinction, bond of our union, authority of our course of action and source of success.
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