The recent signing of National Electoral Reform Agenda (Nera) document by a few opposition political parties is nothing, but a mere waste of time and resources by those political parties.
By Peace,Our Reader
The MDC-T has been crying for electoral reforms. But what surprises me and most people is that during the Government of National Unity, the former Premier, Morgan Tsvangirai, was among the people who crafted the electoral laws.
The big question I can direct to Tsvangirai is: What has changed now that is driving him into his trivial ideology of electoral reforms?
To be very honest, Tsvangirai has lost his grassroots support, hence, calling other political parties to join him through signing the Nera document.
No one can deny that Nera is the brainchild of Tsvangirai and his MDC-T party.
The problem with him is that he sees himself superior to other opposition parties.
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He wants to control his party and other opposition political parties, that have their own leadership.
No wonder why most opposition parties didn’t join him at the Nera signing ceremony.
The People’s Democratic Party, which is led by Tendai Biti, did not attend the event.
Also, Welshman Ncube’s MDC did not show up at the ceremony, although all opposition parties were invited.
This alone tells it all that Nera is an irrelevant document.
Other opposition political leaders who snubbed the event were able to see beyond the smokescreen.
What Tsvangirai wants is to garner political relevance using other opposition parties. It’s a shame that Tsvangirai is competing against learned people from other opposition parties, who refuse to be hoodwinked.
Tsvangirai has been trying all strategies to remove President Robert Mugabe and Zanu PF from power.
The embattled MDC-T leader has failed for three consecutive times to remove Zanu PF from power through the ballot box, hence calling other opposition parties to help him fight the revolutionary party.
As it stands, the grand coalition of political parties does not work in Zimbabwe.
Opposition parties are led by overzealous and power-hungry people.
All they want is power and nothing else. Opposition party leaders are self-centred. They consider themselves important at the expense of the electorate.
Some of these opposition parties are led by political rejects that were dumped from their original political parties for various reasons. One will wonder, who then will lead the coalition if they are to unite?
Surely, the signing of the Nera document by Tsvangirai and his sympathisers will not cause Zanu PF to lose sleep.
Instead of finding useful strategies that help the government to recover the ailing economy, Tsvangirai is busy planning different strategies to fight the system.
On electoral reforms, the MDC-T has been criticising the police force and the Zimbabwe Defence Forces, saying they should be apolitical.
