Harare, Zimbabwe News of the South)-There is going to be hell for a myriad number of ZANU PF stalwarts who have been indulging in shady activities under the protection of President Robert Mugabe, a fellow ZANU member has said.
Outspoken Mugabe critic and VP Mnangagwa supporter Energy Mutodi has predicted tough times for senior ZANU members who under the executive protection of Robert Mugabe have crippled the country through illicit deals.
Mutodi who is himself a member of ZANU PF said in the event that opposition parties created a grand coalition they could end the three decade rule of Mugabe and implement justice against all the corrupt politicians in ZANU.
“Going into 2018, Zimbabweans are hopeful that a grand coalition of opposition parties could end Mugabe’s long iron fist rule”
“Should the opposition win the election in the coming year, it will be hell on earth for the ruling party big cats who continue to feast mercilessly on the national cake while looting from parastatals and mines at the expense of the masses”.
The businessman also predicted tough times for Grace Mugabe who has been accused of amassing illicit fortune.
“Life could also take an ugly turn for Grace herself as speculation continues to reverberate through social media that she has amassed properties and stashed huge financial reserves in friendly Asian countries at the expense of long suffering Zimbabweans”.
“Recently she was in the media for buying a US 1.3 million dollar diamond ring when millions of Zimbabweans are wallowing in poverty; living on less than a dollar a day”.
“When a Masvingo choir sang, “kumagumo kune nyaya” (there is trouble at the end), at last year’s December conference, it was a warning to Mugabe of the difficult times that lie ahead should he fail to manage his succession properly”, he said.
Mutodi said it was high time Mugabe instituted radical reforms to bring the party together or he will lose the coming elections.
“It is a sure case that he will lose the impending elections unless he takes steps to unite his party that is now heavily divided over his succession and at the very least announce his retirement so as to instill confidence and hope among his supporters”.
Turing to the recently elected American President Donald Trump and the smooth hand over of power, Mutodi lamented the state of affairs in Africa.
“As the new US President Donald Trump was taking oath of office, Zimbabweans remained glued on their television sets; envying the Americans for their mature democracy and the willingness of leaders to transfer power from one leader to another every eight years”.
“Trump saluted the Chief Justice and the former Presidents who graced the event among them George Bush, Bill Clinton and Barack Obama his immediate predecessor.
Immediately after the ceremony, former President Barack Obama and former First Lady Michelle Obama left the White House in an Air force helicopter and went straight into a well deserved holiday as they joined the other former leaders of the great American nation”.
“While this was happening, President of the Republic of The Gambia Yahya Jammeh was refusing to transfer power to President-elect Adama Barrow despite losing in a December 1 election last year”.
“While the Americans were displaying their impressive culture of democracy in Washington, Zimbabweans were left asking whether they would be liberated from the jaws of dictatorship under President Mugabe’s rule”.
Mugabe is the world’s oldest President in power since 1980 when the country gained independence from Britain.
Mutodi alleged that Mugabe has presided over a comatose economy characterized by rampant corruption, mismanagement and poor policies.
“Himself a dictator of disproportionately high levels, Mugabe has maintained a poor human rights record as his critics disappear in broad daylight while elections, although conducted regularly are allegedly rigged in his favor with the opposition complaining of intimidation and even murder of its supporters”, he said.
“Mugabe is worshipped as the world’s most educated President by his supporters and has dogmatized many of them to believe that he is the only one who can rule and unite the nation.
He has not allowed democracy to be practiced even internally in his ruling ZANU PF party, according to Mutodi, manipulating the party structures to always endorse him as a presidential candidate each time congress is held.
Mugabe will be 94 if he contests the 2018 elections.
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