Tsvangirai,
legacy of a collective failure
By Bernard Bwoni
Hate or love the man
but Morgan Tsvangirai is one of a kind, a man who radiates an obliviously imprudent
invincibility and an unworldly endearing nature born out of a starry-eyed inclination
to pacify his funding and founding stakeholders. The man is unconscious to the
uncanny sophistry of the elite behind the dishonest and deceptive Zimbabwe regime
change agenda. An external agenda that Zanu-PF convincingly dismantled in the
recent elections yet it remains clandestinely and solidly intact in
anticipatory remission. An unwelcome and disturbingly dark agenda that was
totally toppled when the
well-oiled Zanu-PF machinery freely, fluidly and fairly glided past the
opposition formations with credible precision. The level of sophistication was
unprecedented; such refined and reflective rigor
which oozed historical substance, revolutionary resoluteness and definitive
decisiveness.
But enough about Zanu-PF, this is all about Mr Morgan Tsvangirai.
A man afflicted by self-inflicted personal scandal, burdened by unfortunate personal
tragedy and a man who reckoned he shouldered the weight of the MDC-sanction-induced-poverty-stricken
nation’s plight. A national burden that could have been averted had the formations
fronted by Mr Tsvangirai had not advocated for the abominable sanctions that
induced extreme privation and distress to the people of Zimbabwe. But then Mr
Tsvangirai is only but a man after all, man of humble beginnings, humbly modest
education and finite intellect, heedless of the counterproductive nature of his
association with groups and individuals who have a very specific neo-colonial
agenda. A man surrounded by some highly opinionated and educated lieutenants
who now allegedly want to pull the rug from under his feet in cravenly closet opportunistic
power pursuits. The term is ‘alleged’ by the way and after all what the man has
done for that party.
Morgan Tsvangirai with
all his countless and frequent flaws has commanded a sizeable following in the
country and beyond. His name is synonymous with the publicity and popularity
the MDC-T party enjoys and embraces so collectively. His legions of
shortcomings are indeed a precise reflection of the collective failure of the
MDC-T as a party, structures weakened, without foundations or heavily
self-compromised. There is urgent need for self-introspection and the party
shouldering collective responsibility for the well-documented Morgan Tsvangirai
blemishes. There is no way he could have come up with such an uninspiring trajectory
and all the erudite notables around him being blissfully unaware and blindly
followed. A case in point is the far from strategic nomination of ambassadors
for diplomatic postings in particular Mrs Zwambila and Mr Makuvise. Surely
someone within that party would have stirred Mr Tsvangirai away from such
lacklustre appointments?
There is the human
side to Mr Tsvangirai which must be explored rather than exploited. His personal
scandals and transgressions must not be allowed to entirely conceal the real
human side to this man. Mr Tsvangirai deserves the backlash he got for his
multiple girlfriends and Britney Spears-style fast-forward marriages. There are
no excuses for the ruinous ramification of his tactless political decisions but
on a personal level the man deserves sympathy. The recent revelations that his
wife walked out have drawn continuous echoes of elation and jubilation from his
critics and fans alike. It is quite
disturbing to see so many deriving so much satisfaction and pleasure from this
poor man’s endless misfortunes and suffering whether self-inflicted or not.
I have everything
against this gentleman on a political level but nothing against him on a
personal level. In as much as we disagree, let us separate the inept politician
from the jilted man Tsvangirai. He is just a human being like all of us
irrespective of our political affiliations. The bandwagon dictates that Mr
Tsvangirai deserves all that comes his way because of the numerous ‘open-zip,
shut-mind’ moments, the sanctions which his party advocated for and his dubious
associations with those who have deadly agenda against Zimbabwe. I only see a
poor man betrayed by the collective failure of those around him.
Bernard Bwoni can
be contacted on bernardbwoni.blogspot.co.uk
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