Zimbabwe Vice-President Joseph Msika has once again publicily backed former Zanu PF member Dumiso Dabengwa who is leading calls to revive PF Zapu and abandon the 1987 Unity Accord. Dabengwa supported Simba Makoni in the run-up to the March presidential elections. Zanu PF’s secretary for administration, Didymus Mutasa, is on record as saying the Dabengwa has expelled himself from the party.
But is the revival of PF Zapu of any benefit to the people of Zimbabwe? Is this in the best interest for the people of Matebeleland?
First Dumiso Dabengwa supported Simba Makoni for president, there is nothing wrong with that. That was his choice, and like many more Zimbabweans he knew Mugabe was not the right person to lead Zimbabwe out of these current problems. Even though I think he could have spoken against Mugabe a long time ago.
If he intends to revive PF Zapu, again that’s his choice, as long as there are people who support his ideas. After all it’s supposed to be a free country. But what does he intend to change as PF Zanu, which he was prevented from doing when he was in Zanu PF.
Vice-President Msika is said to have told members of the Zanu PF district co-ordinating committee that Dabengwa was an authentic PF Zapu cadre and should not be vilified for his decision to abandon the ruling party.
“The Vice-President queried why Dabengwa was not being invited to such meetings,” said a senior ruling party official. “He said party members from the region should not join those who were vilifying him for campaigning for Makoni because other Zanu PF leaders who have rebelled in the past such as Edgar Tekere did not receive the same treatment.”
So, in whose interest is this PF Zapu revival? Is this meant to benefit the ordinary suffering citizens of Zimbabwe or this is just another power struggle?
Dabengwa should not be vilified for choosing to abandon Zanu PF, the only problem I have with this is because Dabengwa was quite all along when the country was being destroyed. When he was part of the system, he should have been more vocal against corruption in government which has destroyed Zimbabwe.
Dabengwa had the more powerful post of Home Affairs minister, and there were also other former PF Zapu members with senior government positions, what did they do for the people of Matebeleland? Where is the Zambezi Water project? What happened to all that money that was raised during those fund-raising events? In fact these former PF Zapu leaders benefited from the system and did nothing to develop Matebeleland.
The 1987 Unity accord probably created one very powerful and corrupt party, Zanu PF. They had all the power, the government did nothing to stop all the corruption. There were people like Sydney Malunga, Dzikamai Mavhaire, Edgar Tekere, Chris Ushewokunze only to name a few. People who ideas could have stopped the rot in Zimbabwe. But was the government better off without them?
This revival of PF Zapu seems like just another fight for power, rather than a fight for what is best for the people. Didn’t these guys have their opportunity? What did they achieve? Nothing for the people but plenty for themselves and their families.
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