A new light is in the African horizon. A breath of fresh air for stifled Zimbabweans.
Simba Makoni former finance minister has announced his intentions to run for president in the March 29 poll.
“Following very extensive and intensive consultations with party members and activists countrywide and also with others outside the party, I have accepted the call and hereby advise the people of Zimbabwe that I offer myself as candidate for the office of president,” said Makoni at a press conference in Harare.
Makoni unlike the rest of the Zanu PF klepto-crew is a self made man, a rare intellectual and a technocrat .
No doubt the ruling party will try to come up with something to scandalize this honorable man. I think Makoni has a Teflon character and hopefully non of the muck tossed at him will stick. Despite fraternizing and having fed off Zanu PF patronage, Makoni is untainted and completely different from the troop of liberation war relics that make up the ruling party.
The main difference lies in the` generation gap between him and most senior members of Zanu PF. This means he is in touch with the needs of the younger generation that make up the most of the suffering populace. The current ruling geriatrics seem more concerned with taking swipes at colonial spooks than addressing the needs of the greater population.
Makoni is a moderate who has a calming demeneaur that will be ideal for the smooth transition of power in the troubled nation. Makoni is also well versed in the corporate world and is most likely to implement orthodox policies, which bring back sanity to the economy.
Makoni is largely unknown in international circles but has been involved in the African region as Executive secretary for the SADC organization. He is likely to get the backing of this important organization.
Some will say Makoni is a spoiler to the election or even part of an intelligence operation to distract the electorate. I say none of this can possibly be true and the only spoiler is a certain robotics scientist named, Arthur Mutambara who is the main cause of discord in the main opposition party.
Whatever the outcome Simba Makoni has proven that Mugabe has fallen out of favor and has lost his iron grip on Zanu PF.
What Makoni has done took balls of steel and has redeemed him from the cowardice he has previously shown. The question that remains is will he be the one to push Zanu PF into the Liberation War museum where it truly belongs?
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Simba Makoni's arrival on the opposition scene is significant in the sense that it shows that ZANU PF is nolonger pulling in the same direction, which is good for the opposition in general. However, this blogger is concerned with the lack of parliamentary representatives to back him up in parliament. At the same time, if Simba Makoni is genuinely interested in the country he needs to join a coalition of the progressive movement rather than splitting the vote. I am still a proud member of the MDC and I am carefully and objectively analysing the opposition terrain based on the MDC's consistency in condemning dictatorship and promoting social justice. The MDC is an agent of change and not the change itself. It aims to create an environment for a new political dispensation, which is democracy guided by a people driven constitution which protects fundamental social, economic and political rights. I respect your views on Simba Makoni and at the same time I applaud his courage. He has showed the members in ZANU PF that Robert Mugabe is in fact an owl.
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