The MDC Congress : What it means for ZANU PF Party, Government and the Nation of Zimbabwe .
Saturday, 25 May 2019
By Hosia Mviringi
On the 24th of May 2019 the MDC Party led by Nelson Chamisa converged at Ascot Stadium in the Midlands city of Gweru for their inaugural Ordinary Congress since the departure from natural causes of its iconic founding President Mr Morgan Richard Tsvangirai.
The background is that before he passed on Mr Morgan Tsvangirai did the unprecedented thing when he unilaterally and unconstitutionally appointed two extra Vice Presidents in addition to the 2014 Congress appointed Thokozani Khupe.
This unilateral and unconstitutional appointment gave birth to Chamisa who before then was afar distant in the succession matrix of the Zimbabwe Congress of Trade Union (ZCTU)-backed Party.
As a result today Mr Nelson Chamisa within the MDC family represents a Child born out of Wedlock.He is a product of promiscuity.
Mr Tsvangirai also made a pact with fellow splinter groups or factions to form an Alliance for the sake of contesting for and wrestling of power from the domimant ruling ZANU PF. A point to note is that this Alliance was never backed by any statutes or written Memoranda or Constitution as is usually the norm with such partnerships.It was a verbal gentlemen's agreement whose stability could not be guaranteed in the likely absence of founding pricipals such as Tsvangirai himself.Tsvangirai became the instigator and guarantor of the pact, which was supposed to subsist for the election period.
To confirm its temporary nature of the pact , it is important to note that none among the eight (8) principals left or disbanded their parties except for Welshman Ncube who had visible difficulties holding his party together and had a gentleman's agreement with Tsvangirai to fold his party.
Now as Chamisa sought to assert himself, he did not mind trempling upon others' toes on his way to the presidency. He sidelined Thokozani Khupe albeit on the back of violent physical and verbal attacks.He employed all sorts of dirty tactics against his real or percieved enemies or competitors within the party.Thus his ascention to party presidency was later to be challenged in the courts of law soon after the 2018 elections.
The result of that Court challenge was delivered on the 8th of May 2019 by High Court judge Justice Mushore.This Court ruling clearly pronounced Chamisa as an illegitimate leader of the biggest opposition Party in Zimbabwe rendering all his actions prior to and after elections null and void.The Court ruling directed that all processes of the party have to be carried out on the basis of the 2014 party structures.
This ruling dealt a heavy blow to Nelson Chamisa's political aspirations, never mind the bravado and seeming arrogance in defiance of the same.
As rightly predicted by this writer before , the MDC waited up until on the eve of their congress to file a Court Notice of Appeal at the same Court , which naturally has the effect of suspending an earlier Court ruling until after its hearing and finalisation.
The opposing parties who were the litigants in the matter were predictably on hand with an interdict, which of course was dismissed by Justice Mushore who ruled that it didnt qualify as Urgent.
But was it not an Urgent and necessary Interdict considering that a Congress was already in motion , one Congress which has all the signs of illegality written all over ?
Well , so far I respect the learned judge for being security conscious.The learned judge could read through the actions of the MDC and its leadership that they were indeed spoiling and seemingly ready for a fight.
If she had acceded to the DMTL's request for an Interdict to stop the Congress the Police were going to have a torid time trying to stop it , which could attract vengeful violent action from the gathered MDC Congress delegates in Gweru.
So the MDC literally bought their time and thus the Congress proceeds for now.
To the ordinary man out there, it seems just but an ordinary Congress for an opposing party that does not in any way affect the general livelihoods of citzens. But, is it really an ordinary Congress as we have been made to believe?
Who are the real players in this game of chess? Who are the powers behind the circus? What objectives are there to be achieved besides the general election of party office holders ?
Anyway why should anybody worry about internal party elective Congress of an opposition party?
Well these questions and many other need satisfactory answers.To a curious mind, this is more than an ordinary congress.To a descerning mind, this should be the most extra ordinary Congress of the MDC, which should be treated with the seriousness it deserves.
This Congress has the potential to build or destroy this country for good.
One thing for sure is that, in as much as the MDC is not in power, after this Congress Zimbabwe may never be the same again; either positively negatively.
Points to note include that the MDC is grudgingly not in power after losing the 2018 elections by over 300 000 votes, a loss they contested and lost in the Constitutional Court.
It is equally important to note that the MDC have defiantly remained in election mode and vindictively so.
So what does this Congress mean for the Party ZANU PF, the Government and the Nation of Zimbabwe in terms of the security interest of the nation?
It is on public record that Nelson Chamisa lost the leadership challenge of the MDC Party. It is also on public record that Chamisa was declared illegitimate by the High Court of Zimbabwe, a ruling which still subsist to date. But, he still chose to go on and convene an equally illegimate Congress whose outcomes stand the risk of being declared null and void. The MDC congress is just but a hoax, and that one who regards him self as a Pastor is the head of cheating his way to a party's presidency smacks of logic! Anyway, we leave that for another day.
So, what is the motive for going against the Court ruling on the strength of a yet to be heard Appeal?
It is important to note that Chamisa is very clear in his intentions. He has lost everything already apparently and he has nothing more to lose or protect.And regretably this makes him the most dangerous leader around at the moment.
It is pertinent to bear in mind that from the outset Chamisa believed that he was the party and the party was him. In typical dictatorial fashion, he believed that his head was the constitution and the Constitution was his head.
So what are the possible scenarios here for the MDC and Chamisa?
It is clear here that Chamisa has chosen to throw caution to the wind and go against every grain of the Court ruling and all moral uprightness for whatever outcomes. The Court appeal is a tool he employed to buy time while he organised his troops around him. He has gone to Gweru to specifically structure his new party for he knows that the battle for the MDC is unwinnable for him.
Nelson Chamisa is a man whose back is visibly against the wall and that he has got no freedom of choice but to go against the wind.
Nelson Chamisa is literally going to come out with a new party in Gweru.Of course like I have alluded to before , he is going to launch and build his new Party on the strength of a wave of Protests and demonstrations that he is going to incite soon after their Congress in Gweru.
So yes the nation and the people of Zimbabwe may have to brace for a wave of violent demonstrations as would be led by such organisations as the ZCTU , Tajamuka , ARTUZ and many other shadowy groups and individuals.
Only on Thursday 22 May Chamisa's people were all over in town recruiting new street kids and members to bolster their seemingly disgruntled Vanguard team in readiness for a violent assault.They were dishing US$10 each to new recruits on the streets.Of course these will receive brief training before they are strategically deployed on the streets disguised as vendors.
The imminent formation of a new party by Nelson Chamisa means that automatically massive by-elections are going to be triggered.
But here is the catch. Is Zimbabwe ready for another round of elections so soon after another resource gobbling exercise in July 2018?
Is Zimbabwe ready for renewed international limelight and scruitny at this juncture when reconciliation and recovery mechanisms have been put in motion through the much publicised Government Re-engagement program and the Zimbabwe National Dialogue Platform ( Polad ) where 18 political parties are taking part?
This therefore passes as a well calculated move by the MDC and Chamisa to keep Zimbabweans busy and in elections mode and to ensure that we dont move forward as a Nation without him.
This to me, is a genuinely selfish act by Nelson Chamisa through which he intends to force and entrench his relevance upon the citizens of Zimbabwe even though it is a known fact that he lost elections.
In the event of by-elections we should all be ready for massive international meddling that will undoubtedly be led by the American Embassy in Zimbabwe, who will undoubtedly find an opportunity to lead in demanding for reforms and other elections related demands and international involvement in our national processes.
This unavoidably is going to open floodgates to infiltration of our national institutions such as the Zimbabwe Election Commission (ZEC) and other administrative institutions.
Of course, these actions will clearly be epitomised by their visible and unmistakable regime change intentions.
So we can all see the American long game being played right in our eyes through the MDC and its leader Nelson Chamisa.
If this doesnt happen immediately, Chamisa will most predictably use the violence route before accomplishing his mission, which he hopes will carjole the government of President Mnangagwa to invite or beg him to the table where he, in typical rebel leader fashion, will demand his portion according to his liking and that of his handlers who include the vanguished G40 cabal.
So, I think by now we all appreciate where Chamisa's arrogance sterms from and who the real powers behind him are.
If we correctly identify his power source we can easily understand his motive and fashion the appropriate responses thereto.
Chamisa'a game plan is to provoke the government through the security forces into acting 'disproportionately' in order to justify outside intervention by his foreign backers as led by America.
His game plan involves acting as a front for the G40 who have appeared as the biggest benefactors to the MDC.
THE G40 influence cannot be underated as exemplified by the dramatic admission of G40 kingpins Shadreck Mashayamombe and Jappy Jaboon into the party's Harare structures. This is very significant.
So yes, the MDC are having their ordinary Congress in Gweru, which presents an extra ordinary threat to national peace and stability.
My job is to warn the nation in simple language. Watch out for Pastor Nelson Chamisa's speech upon being elected as the leader of an MDC faction.
I have done my part.Lets meet after Congress.
Kutsho mina !
I am Out !
🔚
Saturday, 25 May 2019
By Hosia Mviringi
On the 24th of May 2019 the MDC Party led by Nelson Chamisa converged at Ascot Stadium in the Midlands city of Gweru for their inaugural Ordinary Congress since the departure from natural causes of its iconic founding President Mr Morgan Richard Tsvangirai.
The background is that before he passed on Mr Morgan Tsvangirai did the unprecedented thing when he unilaterally and unconstitutionally appointed two extra Vice Presidents in addition to the 2014 Congress appointed Thokozani Khupe.
This unilateral and unconstitutional appointment gave birth to Chamisa who before then was afar distant in the succession matrix of the Zimbabwe Congress of Trade Union (ZCTU)-backed Party.
As a result today Mr Nelson Chamisa within the MDC family represents a Child born out of Wedlock.He is a product of promiscuity.
Mr Tsvangirai also made a pact with fellow splinter groups or factions to form an Alliance for the sake of contesting for and wrestling of power from the domimant ruling ZANU PF. A point to note is that this Alliance was never backed by any statutes or written Memoranda or Constitution as is usually the norm with such partnerships.It was a verbal gentlemen's agreement whose stability could not be guaranteed in the likely absence of founding pricipals such as Tsvangirai himself.Tsvangirai became the instigator and guarantor of the pact, which was supposed to subsist for the election period.
To confirm its temporary nature of the pact , it is important to note that none among the eight (8) principals left or disbanded their parties except for Welshman Ncube who had visible difficulties holding his party together and had a gentleman's agreement with Tsvangirai to fold his party.
Now as Chamisa sought to assert himself, he did not mind trempling upon others' toes on his way to the presidency. He sidelined Thokozani Khupe albeit on the back of violent physical and verbal attacks.He employed all sorts of dirty tactics against his real or percieved enemies or competitors within the party.Thus his ascention to party presidency was later to be challenged in the courts of law soon after the 2018 elections.
The result of that Court challenge was delivered on the 8th of May 2019 by High Court judge Justice Mushore.This Court ruling clearly pronounced Chamisa as an illegitimate leader of the biggest opposition Party in Zimbabwe rendering all his actions prior to and after elections null and void.The Court ruling directed that all processes of the party have to be carried out on the basis of the 2014 party structures.
This ruling dealt a heavy blow to Nelson Chamisa's political aspirations, never mind the bravado and seeming arrogance in defiance of the same.
As rightly predicted by this writer before , the MDC waited up until on the eve of their congress to file a Court Notice of Appeal at the same Court , which naturally has the effect of suspending an earlier Court ruling until after its hearing and finalisation.
The opposing parties who were the litigants in the matter were predictably on hand with an interdict, which of course was dismissed by Justice Mushore who ruled that it didnt qualify as Urgent.
But was it not an Urgent and necessary Interdict considering that a Congress was already in motion , one Congress which has all the signs of illegality written all over ?
Well , so far I respect the learned judge for being security conscious.The learned judge could read through the actions of the MDC and its leadership that they were indeed spoiling and seemingly ready for a fight.
If she had acceded to the DMTL's request for an Interdict to stop the Congress the Police were going to have a torid time trying to stop it , which could attract vengeful violent action from the gathered MDC Congress delegates in Gweru.
So the MDC literally bought their time and thus the Congress proceeds for now.
To the ordinary man out there, it seems just but an ordinary Congress for an opposing party that does not in any way affect the general livelihoods of citzens. But, is it really an ordinary Congress as we have been made to believe?
Who are the real players in this game of chess? Who are the powers behind the circus? What objectives are there to be achieved besides the general election of party office holders ?
Anyway why should anybody worry about internal party elective Congress of an opposition party?
Well these questions and many other need satisfactory answers.To a curious mind, this is more than an ordinary congress.To a descerning mind, this should be the most extra ordinary Congress of the MDC, which should be treated with the seriousness it deserves.
This Congress has the potential to build or destroy this country for good.
One thing for sure is that, in as much as the MDC is not in power, after this Congress Zimbabwe may never be the same again; either positively negatively.
Points to note include that the MDC is grudgingly not in power after losing the 2018 elections by over 300 000 votes, a loss they contested and lost in the Constitutional Court.
It is equally important to note that the MDC have defiantly remained in election mode and vindictively so.
So what does this Congress mean for the Party ZANU PF, the Government and the Nation of Zimbabwe in terms of the security interest of the nation?
It is on public record that Nelson Chamisa lost the leadership challenge of the MDC Party. It is also on public record that Chamisa was declared illegitimate by the High Court of Zimbabwe, a ruling which still subsist to date. But, he still chose to go on and convene an equally illegimate Congress whose outcomes stand the risk of being declared null and void. The MDC congress is just but a hoax, and that one who regards him self as a Pastor is the head of cheating his way to a party's presidency smacks of logic! Anyway, we leave that for another day.
So, what is the motive for going against the Court ruling on the strength of a yet to be heard Appeal?
It is important to note that Chamisa is very clear in his intentions. He has lost everything already apparently and he has nothing more to lose or protect.And regretably this makes him the most dangerous leader around at the moment.
It is pertinent to bear in mind that from the outset Chamisa believed that he was the party and the party was him. In typical dictatorial fashion, he believed that his head was the constitution and the Constitution was his head.
So what are the possible scenarios here for the MDC and Chamisa?
It is clear here that Chamisa has chosen to throw caution to the wind and go against every grain of the Court ruling and all moral uprightness for whatever outcomes. The Court appeal is a tool he employed to buy time while he organised his troops around him. He has gone to Gweru to specifically structure his new party for he knows that the battle for the MDC is unwinnable for him.
Nelson Chamisa is a man whose back is visibly against the wall and that he has got no freedom of choice but to go against the wind.
Nelson Chamisa is literally going to come out with a new party in Gweru.Of course like I have alluded to before , he is going to launch and build his new Party on the strength of a wave of Protests and demonstrations that he is going to incite soon after their Congress in Gweru.
So yes the nation and the people of Zimbabwe may have to brace for a wave of violent demonstrations as would be led by such organisations as the ZCTU , Tajamuka , ARTUZ and many other shadowy groups and individuals.
Only on Thursday 22 May Chamisa's people were all over in town recruiting new street kids and members to bolster their seemingly disgruntled Vanguard team in readiness for a violent assault.They were dishing US$10 each to new recruits on the streets.Of course these will receive brief training before they are strategically deployed on the streets disguised as vendors.
The imminent formation of a new party by Nelson Chamisa means that automatically massive by-elections are going to be triggered.
But here is the catch. Is Zimbabwe ready for another round of elections so soon after another resource gobbling exercise in July 2018?
Is Zimbabwe ready for renewed international limelight and scruitny at this juncture when reconciliation and recovery mechanisms have been put in motion through the much publicised Government Re-engagement program and the Zimbabwe National Dialogue Platform ( Polad ) where 18 political parties are taking part?
This therefore passes as a well calculated move by the MDC and Chamisa to keep Zimbabweans busy and in elections mode and to ensure that we dont move forward as a Nation without him.
This to me, is a genuinely selfish act by Nelson Chamisa through which he intends to force and entrench his relevance upon the citizens of Zimbabwe even though it is a known fact that he lost elections.
In the event of by-elections we should all be ready for massive international meddling that will undoubtedly be led by the American Embassy in Zimbabwe, who will undoubtedly find an opportunity to lead in demanding for reforms and other elections related demands and international involvement in our national processes.
This unavoidably is going to open floodgates to infiltration of our national institutions such as the Zimbabwe Election Commission (ZEC) and other administrative institutions.
Of course, these actions will clearly be epitomised by their visible and unmistakable regime change intentions.
So we can all see the American long game being played right in our eyes through the MDC and its leader Nelson Chamisa.
If this doesnt happen immediately, Chamisa will most predictably use the violence route before accomplishing his mission, which he hopes will carjole the government of President Mnangagwa to invite or beg him to the table where he, in typical rebel leader fashion, will demand his portion according to his liking and that of his handlers who include the vanguished G40 cabal.
So, I think by now we all appreciate where Chamisa's arrogance sterms from and who the real powers behind him are.
If we correctly identify his power source we can easily understand his motive and fashion the appropriate responses thereto.
Chamisa'a game plan is to provoke the government through the security forces into acting 'disproportionately' in order to justify outside intervention by his foreign backers as led by America.
His game plan involves acting as a front for the G40 who have appeared as the biggest benefactors to the MDC.
THE G40 influence cannot be underated as exemplified by the dramatic admission of G40 kingpins Shadreck Mashayamombe and Jappy Jaboon into the party's Harare structures. This is very significant.
So yes, the MDC are having their ordinary Congress in Gweru, which presents an extra ordinary threat to national peace and stability.
My job is to warn the nation in simple language. Watch out for Pastor Nelson Chamisa's speech upon being elected as the leader of an MDC faction.
I have done my part.Lets meet after Congress.
Kutsho mina !
I am Out !
🔚
Poorly researched article. Lacking depth but only assumptions. Pleas improve
ReplyDeleteIn the end it's just hatred and bitterness playing out on the part of the author. Fortunately he had sense enough to point out that the outcome of this Congress will bring change to the way we do things in Zimbabwe. Change is in the air.
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