BY IDRISS ALI NASSAH
Betrayal is when those that came to power through a revolution suddenly embrace and become comfortable in what they (seemingly) vehemently opposed not too long ago—grand theft, corruption, looting, cronyism, love of power for power’s sake, unexplained sudden wealth, primitive accumulation, hostility and intolerance toward opposing views, state capture by a coterie of dubious characters, hero worshipping, sponsored mobs of zigoba.
Yet the revolution that brought about this government into power was not all about party or tribal identity. It was propelled by a broad effort—church, civil society, the student movement—because it was about rescuing the country for the sake of our collective survival.
The hope was that we were putting in power principled adults who would be a major improvement over the mess of the last regime. And circumstances were ripe for a brand-new kosher way of doing things. Upon taking power, they could have pushed for aggressive policies that immediately redressed the deficits and injustices of the DPP era and set the tone for good and for better.
But every chance was fumbled because, in their view, it was now their time to eat and they couldn’t be bothered with trying to be different from what they said they opposed. The trappings of power have lulled them into betraying the very ideals that brought them into power. When we speak about corruption and maladministration, they become very irritated, wilfully oblivious of the fact that they are inflicting economic catastrophe to the country for generations to come.
Seeing how things are quickly unravelling, somewhere in Mangochi, a relieved Peter Mutharika must be enjoying his whiskey, chuckling: “I told you so.”
please you must be giving us tangible examples on the mess dpp brought in. Is very laughable to see the authors keeping on saying the mess of the past regime and yet they vividly fail to jot even a single example. by the way is strengthening local currency a mess? what about building our cities and empowering our technical empire, is this what you call dpp’s mess? kick starting the construction of 200 public secondary schools, state of art roads, implementation of red star campaign that is seeing our cities like the cbd and limbe in bt turning into complex storey stores. the successful experiment of zero aid, stable commodity prices and bus fares, etc. sometimes its good to be thankful and lets learn to call a spade by its true name rather than busy defending our envy. to be honest we are very difficult and unthankful to GOD for the gift of our brilliant hard working leaders. mutharikas trully had a great vision for this nation and they’ve laid a good foundation for us interms of development and skilled labour force. in short we are a nation without clear direction. how could tonse start punishing its own local citizens by demanding business permits in heavily police patronised road blocks whose only crime is trying to sell their agriculture produce like soya, sunflower, mphoza, rice, etc. they must bear in mind that we have some capable local farmers who can manage to grow and harvest about 50 – 200 bags of these crops. How can these hard workers punished? This is total insane. The local farmers’ hussle muluzi removed and their business empowerment is being luined by these tonse guys. Ine ndikadzangoti ndalima ndekha soya kaya chimanga, etc matumba osachepera 50 mudzandimanga sure. Mapepala aumboni ndidzakatenga kuti and why please?! Mr vp we want answers.