The MDC at a glance – saturated by gold-diggers
FreeAfrica (August 9, 2003)

Morgan Tsvangirai awaiting two separate treason trials (Photo: AP)

The recent attendance by MDC parliamentarians and its President, Morgan Tsvangirai, at Mugabe’s opening of ‘parliament’ is evidence enough to the judgement that most of the MDC leadership is in politics merely for the financial gains of it. It is when men are put in such a tight corner of decision making –– having to decide and choose between losing six months salaries paid to them by their assailants, and being present and very attentive throughout such proceedings
by war criminals –– that the truth surfaces.

With the support that the MDC leadership is currently enjoying from the population of Zimbabwe and the international community, both financially and otherwise, it is surprising that when challenged by such a notorious offer and threat by such apparent criminals as of Zanu PF, the MDC leadership takes the easy road to remaining rich, at the expense of the lives of the populace they have lured for support –– supposedly to bring about a better and democratic Zimbabwe. The MDC has also been realized to be very inconsistent in its stance concerning Zanu PF and its’ brutal and fraudulent rule of the country. At one time the MDC seems to label Zanu PF to be an illegitimate regime (this view supported by the World’s largest election observer missions; national, regional and international), at one time they refer to Zanu PF as the Government of Zimbabwe, then comes the most fascinating irony of it all when they want to negotiate with a government they apparently do not recognize (or are they two-faced). They, the MDC, charge the perpetrators (Zanu PF in this case) of a legitimate crime of fraud, and several top officials of the party even seek over $9 000 0000 for intimidation and abuses visited upon them by the Zanu PF brutal gangs. They are not afraid to stand upright to protect their own personal pockets but when they have to protect the people’s pockets and rights, they shy away in fear of persecution if they dealt with the truth about Mugabe as they truly know it.

Then Mugabe makes a mockery of them and tells them to first recognize him as President if they want him to meet them (the MDC) –– which if you asked me I would say is right of Mugabe to demand, since, in order for them to meet him (Mugabe), they would have to address him as the president, just as they sometimes refer to his illegitimate Administration as “the Government”.

If the British Parliament can debate on the Gukurahundi and other atrocities, Crimes Against Humanity, War Crimes and Genocide in a possibility of seeking indictments for such perpetrators of such gross crimes as named above, then I do not see why the MDC would find it so difficult to seek justice for the people of Zimbabwe using such evidence as the British Parliament is not afraid or ashamed to debate on.

The crimes committed by Mugabe since 1999 will not be reasonable cause to attain any real justice, peace and the rule of law from the international communities using International Law, unless the current Leadership in Zimbabwe (the legitimate Leadership, including all political parties and other genuine organizations) begins to accept the reality of the real problems of Zimbabwe, those created by Mugabe as he systematically brutalized local nations into hating and victimizing one another –– a fact evident even today. Mugabe’s current crimes (those of 1999 to present day) have to be an addition to the most gruesome war crimes Mugabe and his gang have ever committed since their fraudulent rule in 1980. Such most serious war crimes were brutally committed by these men during the early 1980s to the late1980s after which their open brutality took an ‘intelligent’ turn to be a systematic slow walk-over process of genocide and ethnic cleansing through marginalisation, deprivation, massive displacement and disappearances. Statistics and facts of evidence qualifying these crimes were compiled by civic organization, and even the churches witnessed and compiled present reports;

i.e. The Catholic Commission for Justice and Peace, refers. Mugabe’s victims are still alive and living in the horror of his forced rule. They too can be living testimony and witness to what Mugabe really did and continues to do.

W\hy are some of our Shona brothers shying away –– or are they afraid of the inevitable justice process –– from charging these Zanu PF criminals for subjecting them to acts of violence and genocide? Could it be that they feel that since they benefited at that miserable time, the wheels of justice may turn against them? Or is it that they just don’t care? Is it that some could be afraid of answering questions relating to their whereabouts during that whole period leading up to 1999 when only the people of a certain region and alleged tribe were not being offered jobs, promotions and/or even placements in educational institutions? Could it be that they are afraid that they were never heard protesting or calling for mass actions in solidarity with the victims of the affected regions during those years of gruesome abuse and systematic marginalisation and displacements?

Why are some of our Ndebele brothers aiding and abetting genocide against their own kind? Why are some of our Ndebele brothers afraid to venture into the leadership platforms of their nation? Surely Joshua Mqabuko Nkomo could not have been the last leader of this great nation of Kings. Where is self-determination for the people of Matabeleland and Midlands? Why are we not seeking justice against our perpetrators? Britain has of late been consistent in its stance against the illegitimate Mugabe regime, and so has America and most of the Western World. Why can’t the real victims lead in the campaign for justice, using only the real truth, not convenient truth?

By: Thabo Siziba