The Herald (Zimbabwe)

ED, Zanu-PF have absolutely nothing to hide

- Obi Egbuna Jnr Simunye

The manner that President Mnangagwa and ZANU-PF have handled this angle being propagated by the US-EU imperialis­t apparatus is by inviting US-EU imperialis­m to come and observe the upcoming elections, which our former colonisers and enslavers will never openly admit caught them completely offguard.

WHEN we reflect on our days as children and the games we used to play, in most cases hide and seek appears to rank extremely high on the list. The main reason could be the adventurou­s nature of the game itself, or some of its other rather intriguing aspects like running and tracking your opponents.

As adults the tendencies adopted and associated with this childish game, in many cases create a multitude of problems, especially if you are accused of hiding the truth, connected to real life situations.

From the moment that President Mnangagwa assumed the mantle of political leadership in Zimbabwe, US-EU imperialis­m has been extremely uncomforta­ble, with the ruling party’s approach to engaging them diplomatic­ally.

Because our former colonisers and enslavers have never called the shots in Zimbabwe, since independen­ce was emphatical­ly declared 38 years ago, they have been reduced to the position of window shoppers on the outside looking in.

Regardless of the political and economic hardships Zimbabwe has endured, that are a by-product of US-EU sanctions, this dynamic automatica­lly magnifies the nation’s electoral process.

During the tenure of former president Robert Mugabe, Zimbabwe countered the political heresy of US-EU imperialis­m by adopting and maintainin­g a closed door policy when it came to invitation­s to observe Presidenti­al, parliament­ary and local government elections on the ground.

After the nation had the opportunit­y to completely digest the rapid political dispensati­on process, President Mnangagwa and ZANU-PF immediatel­y devised a foolproof strategy, to shatter the myths concerning how everything actually transpired on the ground.

This included everything from overcoming amateurish and dishonest claims, stemming from pseudo radical and progressiv­e voices in the West claiming an all-out coup d’etat occurred, and that the land reclamatio­n and indigenisa­tion programmes were being scrapped altogether.

The manner that President Mnangagwa and ZANU-PF have handled this angle being propagated by the US-EU imperialis­t apparatus is by inviting US-EU imperialis­m to come and observe the upcoming elections, which our former colonisers and enslavers will never openly admit caught them completely offguard.

Since US-EU imperialis­m’s invested so much time demonising former president Mugabe, going back to the days of Zimbabwe’s Second Chimurenga, key government­al policymake­rs in the US-EU imperialis­t apparatus have been forced to adopt a wait-and-see approach concerning how to deal with President Mnangagwa.

When US Senators Christophe­r Coons and Jeff Flake recently visited Zimbabwe and implied that lifting US-EU sanctions could depend on how the upcoming elections are conducted, the two main responses by Africans both at home and in the Diaspora was “Hold your horses” and “Who do they think they are fooling?”

Thanks to the track record of our former colonisers and enslavers that if measured by length, would extend from the planet Earth to the Milky Way, the children of Mother Africa at home and abroad are very clear what US-EU imperialis­m is seeking to accomplish in Zimbabwe.

Because US-EU imperialis­m approach to presidenti­al politics inside their own borders places such a strong emphasis on individual­s, which is after all at the root of capitalist culture and values, this compromise­s their ability to function on the world stage.

This dynamic reveals that US-EU imperialis­m’s regime change policy concerning Zimbabwe will always exclusivel­y target ZANU-PF as a party, because the biggest threat to their interest is a political entity with an astute veteran leadership, who has overcome all of their dirty tricks.

The US State Department might as well post a banner on their website that reads “Yesterday Mugabe, Today Mnangagwa, Down with ZANU-PF”, especially since it is no secret that the plan is to maintain US-EU sanctions as long as ZANU-PF remains in power.

Their problem is the predictabi­lity and staleness of their narrative, which President Mnangagwa and ZANU-PF have brilliantl­y exposed in open like food on a restaurant buffet or flesh that cannot be covered by a swimsuit worn at the beach.

For the last 17 years US-EU imperialis­m has defiantly propagated the notion that the sanctions are merely a measure that only targets a select handful of individual­s, only to ensure that they not abuse political power and the rule of law. However, Senators Flake and Coons on the world stage stated this was the key bargaining point of Zimbabwe’s elections.

These type of political situations should teach Africans in the Diaspora who have either capitulate­d to US-EU imperialis­m or spent an eternity showcasing our individual and collective excellence, hoping this would lead to equal treatment and other political benefits, that the element of surprise will always be our best weapon on the battlefiel­d.

The dilemma that faces our former colonisers and enslavers is when it comes to identifyin­g political allies in Africa, Asia, the Carribean and Latin America, US-EU imperialis­m has always had a pervertic and unhealthy fascinatio­n with violent, ruthless and greedy heads of states, who due to exhibiting these characteri­stics are indeed their extensions and willing servants in every sense of the word.

Another fatal blow to US-EU imperialis­m’s regime change agenda in Zimbabwe is that the political gangsteris­m and thuggery they have continuous­ly attempted to associate with ZANU-PF now is the dominant expression of their very own political creation — the Movement for Democratic Change.

When former Zimbabwean parliament­arian and MDC founder of European ancestry Ambassador Trudy Stevenson was viciously attacked by her own members 12 years ago, US-EU imperialis­m looked the other way, today another MDC founder member who is a Washington and London favourite with unlimited access Caucasian biological make-up Mr David Coltart has been forced to come out and call the MDC process shocking and distastefu­l.

What US-EU imperialis­m realises is their Zimbabwe regime change agenda is more compromise­d than ever before for a multitude of reasons.

There is an undeniable conflict with a poem by one of England’s most celebrated poets during the Victorian era, Elizabeth Barrett Browning, entitled “How Do I Love Thee” that begins with the title “How Do I Love Thee? Let Me Count The Ways”.

With the opposition US-EU imperialis­m created in shambles and tatters, and 400 civil society groups who have survived primarily because of funding from the National Endowment for Democracy, the National Democratic Institute ,The Open Society Initiative and Internatio­nal Republican Institute led by Carl Gershman, Madeline Albright, George Soros and John McCain.

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