Chamisa represents hope, future

ON Sunday I was following the Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) star rally at the Zimbabwe Grounds in Highfield, Harare.

On the same day, the ruling Zanu PF party held its second rally at Rudhaka Stadium in Marondera, where thousands of Zupco buses were hired to transport supporters to the venue.

As usual, guest of honour, Vice-President Constantino Chiwenga delivered a boring and uninspiring speech.

He threatened money changers without telling thousands of bussed supporters how the government intends to resuscitate the economy, which is in the intensive care unit.

Chiwenga took time to mock CCC leader Nelson Chamisa.

In Bulawayo, MDC-T leader Douglas Mwonzora told less that 300 supporters that he had fruitful engagements with President Emmerson Mnangagwa, where he is pushing for dialogue.

Basing on the crowd that thronged Zimbabwe Grounds, Chamisa is still a force to reckon with.

Even the MDC-T founding father Morgan Tsvangirai never pulled such multitudes. It also shows that Chamisa appeals to the people more. Zimbabweans see hope in Chamisa.

Despite the frustrations Chamisa’s supporters experienced at the hands of the police, they walked long distances to the Zimbabwe Grounds.

CCC has proved beyond doubt that it is the next government.

The country has regressed under Mnangagwa’s leadership. The problems bedevilling the country needs fresh ideas. We need to do away with toxic politics of hate, patronage, nepotism and tribalism which have negatively affected our beautiful country — once breadbasket of southern Africa.

CCC is the solution to the challenges Zimbabwe is facing. CCC must be wary of those itching and jostling to take up positions in the new party for self-aggrandisement rather than development. Chamisa’s star rally showed that he is connected to the grassroots and represents the future.

CCC’s star rally put to rest the question who is leading the biggest opposition party between Chamisa and Mwonzora.

Mwonzora, Morgen Komichi and Elias Mudzuri’s political careers are over; they are dead and buried.

The court of public opinion has made a judgment. It is God’s case, no appeal.