Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai has blamed his coalition partner ZANU PF for destroying the economy and shot holes into their persistent claims that targeted sanctions were to blame. Speaking at a public accountability seminar in Harare on Monday Tsvangirai said; 'Our problems emanated from mis-governance, the violent land reform and RBZ's printing of worthless currency, that is the bearer cheques.'
Tsvangirai said all these compounded to turn 'a political problem to an economic one'. He denied there were any economic sanctions on the country but said they were 'restrictive measures.' The Prime Minister was referring to targeted financial and travel restrictions imposed by western countries on people and companies in Mugabe's inner circle, who have benefited from human rights abuses.
So why has Tsvangirai's MDC-T party agreed to be part of a government re-engagement committee campaigning to have the measures removed? The MDC-T leader told the seminar; 'We have agreed as principals to tackle the issue of restrictive measures as this isolation has affected the lines of credit.' He also said ZANU PF's 'deliberate campaign of intimidation, abusing the rule of law' among other things had decimated the economy and scared away investors.
This week the re-engagement committee met US politicians in a futile attempt to get them to remove the targeted sanctions. The US said although it recognized the economic advances made in Zimbabwe, there was no progress on the political front or terms of respect for human and property rights. They said the 'current political and human rights environment in Zimbabwe remained troublesome' and said 'Zimbabwe must make further progress before the targeted sanctions would be removed'.
It has not helped that disharmony between the coalition partners has shown their arrangement to be unworkable. Mugabe has refused to review the appointments of the central bank governor and attorney general, swear in MDC-T nominee for Deputy Agriculture Minister Roy Bennett or appoint MDC-T and MDC-M governors as agreed in the GPA. The ZANU PF leader has used the maintenance of targeted sanctions as the excuse for not honouring his obligations under the deal.
The death of ZANU PF spokesman Ephraim Masawi on Saturday also exposed another contentious issue, that of the partisan nature of national hero selection. The two MDC formations have said they will not attend his burial at the national Heroes Acre. MDC-T spokesman Nelson Chamisa likened the burial to a private ZANU PF ceremony saying, "We have never been known to be gatecrashers. It's a gated and walled affair and we respect their bedroom, so why should we barge in?"
When MDC founding figure Gibson Sibanda died in August, ZANU PF refused to recognize him as a national hero, sparking angry reactions from the two MDC formations. The granting of hero status to Masawi, who did not even fight in the liberation war, will further infuriate the coalition partners even more.
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For both Mugabe andTsvangirai to see themselves as legitimate leaders of Zimbabwe is a true sign of dyslexic insanity. Non o them is ready to see Zimbabwe becoming a Christian country and hence, no godly principles will govern Zimbabwe as long as either of them is in power. Why would God the Maker hand over His creation to Pharaoh? It is likely that, Morgan Tsvangirai's finger will be much thicker and cruel as well as more cancerous than Robert Mugabe's. I'd not want to see Zimbabwe coming to be like South Africa where abortion is legal, homosexuality and lesbianism becoming the norm of the day in the name of democratic human rights. That is abomination. As a man of God, I declare that any country with such governmental tolerance is a problem waiting to happen. Its better now that Mugabe's weaknesss may be evident now, which everyone has. As of Tsvangirai, he is perpetrating these humanly devinely immoral abominations in the country. Zimbabwe is looking for presidents and prime ministers who fear God.
@tnzombe. Itis "YOUR" god who got us into this trouble in the first place. It was the missionaries who brought "YOUR" god who were the spies and con-artists who tricked our people. On 18 April 1980, Mugabe declared Zimbabwe a christian nation. He swears on your King James version when he takes the oath of Presidentcy. So does the Judges, the MP's. And dont they say at the end "So help me (YOUR) god. The President is an adernt catholic, brought up by catholic priests. His brutality is part and parcel of your religion. Check the history of christianity, how it is full of brutality. And stop falling to the whims of personality politics. Mugabe and Tsvangirai are not the only people involved in this, we all are. We all played a part in destroying our country. We Zimbabweans have to face up to our actions. We are a nation made up of individualistic, corrupt people. We are so willing to take or give a bribe to advance our own selfish selves. Hanzi "akangwara haana nhamo" "Its who you know" "Iwe tora mari uise muhomwe". Now you start talking about .."I want Zimbabwe to be a christian nation" Dont you get it, Zimbabwe is a christian nation, thats why its so full of hypocrisy and dishonesty. Priests and prophets taking the people for a ride, telling the people to pray so the can get their reward after they die, while them and the politicians live it of. Hezvoka ana John Nkomo nana Utaunashe are the best of friends. Tarisa matama avo kupenya ne good life while you are there waiting for some old white haired man with a long beard to fall out of the sky and take away your suffering. As for Mugabe being anti gay...just go over the Jefta Dube and Banana trials, and you will find that Mugabe knew about Banana from very early on and he turned a blind eye. Please do not come here to tell us YOUR fables about YOUR god. Come here with practical, intelligent input. Your god will not be a candidate come election day.
Once again Tsvangirai tells the truth, and patiently explains once again what needs to be done for Zimbabwe to prosper, and once again the people of Zimbabwe can't get past the part that says "what you believe is false, wrong, in fact your beliefs are the whole reason we are starving and dying, not the sanctions," and start screeching slanders and howling their rage at the truth that still won't change even after every last one of them is dead from their own wrong beliefs.
"This is getting more unbelievable every day!" exclaimed the lunch goer to the serving girl at the Ministry of Official Heroes buffet. " How can you claim this item to be cheddar cheese? Its brown and scaley and looks as if its partly made of wood?" The girl, obviously annoyed, answered " The First Family Looking East Dairy Farm Number 8 assures us that this cheese is of the finest quality available. The wood is simply part of the packaging stuck to the item. You will not be charged extra for that." The disgruntled customer, as he was being frog marched out the door by two large uniformed guards was heard to exclaim ".... a cow rubbing against a tree does not make it a cheese!"
Carlos, great. What whit!
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