Could this be the best news to come out of Zimbabwe this year. There might be light at the end of the tunnel after all.
There have been different views on the announcement by former Zimbabwe finance minister Dr Simba Makoni that he is going to contest in the coming presidential elections as an independent candidate. The reactions in the government paper The Herald, from various so called political analysts show how this news has shaken the ZANU PF party establishment. Whilst those in the opposition and other neutrals view this as the done of a new era in Zimbabwe politics.
“I share the same agony and anguish of all citizens over the extreme hardships that we all have endured over the past 10 years”, Dr Makoni said at a press conference in Harare.
Surely the people of Zimbabwe have suffered for a very long time, with no end in sight. Simba Makoni may just be what Zimbabwe needs, he comands a lot of respect both locally and internationally. Dismissed from the cabinet for trying to do the job he was employed to do.
Probably one of the most respected from the so called leaders of tommorow that our dear leaders always talked about. Simba Makoni is said to have been disqualified from standing as a parliamentary candidate in his home area of Manicaland. Where he intended to stand against Patrick Chinamasa.
I guess probably he is meant to take up the top job in the land probably that’s why he failed in his will to become a member of parliament.
There maybe some people who may not trust him in the first instance, after all he was a senior member in the ZANU PF party. However some say he is a brave and couragious man to be able to stand up against Mugabe from within the system. Whatever happens in the next few weeks, probably a change of leadership maybe what the country needs to turn around the economic situation.
Will he succeed where most have failed? Is the country ready to have an independent president and whether it will be a success time will tell? It’s surely going to be a bumpy road ahead. Hopefully Zimbabwe as a country will be the winner.
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February 8th, 2008 at 9:52 pm
You know, I wouldn’t mind Dr Simba Makoni to be president, BUT, a big BUT I don’t think it will happen, not this time. I’m begging to be proven wrong
February 9th, 2008 at 12:04 pm
I wish I could prove you wrong. But one day, the Gods of our land will hear our prayers and grant our wish.
I just keep on dreaming, it seems. But I know it’s not only me dreaming.