Windhoek — THE Swapo Youth League has come out with guns blazing, saying it was opposed to regime change in Zimbabwe.
Elijah Ngurare, secretary for the Swapo youth wing, told a media briefing yesterday that a regime change in Zimbabwe would allow 'die-hard racists and their stooges' to take control of the country's destiny and thus plunge it back into minority rule.
He called for an urgent extraordinary SADC summit to discuss the doctrine of regime change that he claimed was spearheaded by countries from the western world.
Ngurare's address was titled 'No To Regime Change In Southern Africa' and was called to express solidarity with Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe.
He said the campaign to effect regime change in Zimbabwe started before the country's last election with 'racist sanctions' imposed on the country, which led to untold misery and suffering for the ordinary people.
"The doctrine of regime change has involved the creation of opposition parties that are shells for promoting commercial and strategic interests of the West, entice some governments with aid to support regime change, rely on the patriotic support of the Eurocentric media (both in Europe and in Africa), former Rhodesians, non-governmental organisations and the so-called civil society," Ngurare said.
He claimed the objective was to reverse the gains of the liberation struggle in favour of previous masters in Zimbabwe.
"Today it's Zimbabwe, tomorrow it may as well be Zambia, South Africa, Mozambique, Namibia or Angola," he said.
He said one of SADC's objectives was to promote common political values through democratic, legitimate and effective institutions but also to preserve and defend collective sovereignty and independence.
"It is time that SADC convene an extraordinary summit to discuss the doctrine of regime change as spearheaded by the western powers," Ngurare said.
He also called on "all progressive forces in Namibia, especially the National Union of Namibian Workers" to stand against regime change in Zimbabwe and the rest of the region.
"It is a matter of principle to defend the sovereignty of SADC and in particular of Zimbabwe against agents of regime change," Ngurare said.
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Elijah Ngurare, what is regime change to you. Is it not the forcefull dethronement of a LEGITIMATE government by an internal and or external force, for the means of taking over a soveriegn state for the forces own gain by any means necessary?
Given that lucid defination, where in Zimbabwe do you come up with a forceful entity that is trying to overthrow a LEGITIMATE government and replacing it with a purpet government. Is it not democracy that you clamour about and yet you are willing to open your mounth against it when the democratic forces have taken their cause.
Zimbabweans and not the western world voted on March 29th 2008. Mugabe, your cronie lost the elections in a democratic process albiet all the vote rigging, terror and suppression the ordinary Zimbabwean has gone through.
You ask SADC to watch out for the western world while the real enemy is internal--your own inferiority complex that pits you against everything that LOOKS better than you. Why be the victim when you are a free man?
Mugabe lost, your cries to keep the status quo in Zimbabwe is only a sham...Grow-up and smell the 21st Century. THe only colonial masters that are there are in your imagination.
Who are these SPYL? Nazi Youth?. There were elections held in Zimbabwe almost a month ago and people there are still waiting for the results. Time has catched up with Zanu-PF. Manipulating the votes without the support of the people and without infrastructure, made it difficult for them. Mugabe should go. Stop this nonsense about liberation. People are suffering now and the government is incompetent. IN DEMOCRACY,THOSE TYPE OF GOVERNMENTS ARE VOTED OUT OF POWER DESPITE THEIR PREVIOUS "SUCCESSES" It is all about NOW and the future.