Whilst the MDC continue to dilly dally about What To Do, Geoff Nyarota has come up with a plan of action. And I reckon it’s not half bad:

Mugabe has neither respect nor faith in Tsvangirai. I suspect that feeling is mutual between the two. If Tsvangirai thinks he can return from self-imposed exile to sit down with the very man he fled from and negotiate genuine strategies to bring our nation back on track, then he may not be as astute a politician as his followers have assumed. He has the greatest error of the Late Dr Joshua Nkomo, the Unity Agreement, to draw salutary lessons from.

1. The MDC should, without qualm, opt out of the proposed GNU.
2. Zimbabweans, not just the MDC, should come up with a Plan B.
3. The cornerstone of Plan B would be a new initiative that seeks to unite the people of Zimbabwe as one progressive force fighting dictatorship.
4. The GNU should be replaced by a transitional arrangement with neither Mugabe nor Tsvangirai as leader.
5. A transitional leader would be identified and appointed. There is certainly no shortage of patriotic Zimbabweans of good stature and excellent credentials. For example, the name of Wilson Sandura, recently lauded for his many good qualities, immediately comes to mind. If Mugabe could emerge from the bush to take over at State House, I personally don’t see why any other citizen with a reasonable academic background, an understanding of affairs of state and a heart in the right place cannot run Zimbabwe, especially if they have the ability to build a team of appropriately qualified and experienced people around them. There is an abundance of such people both in Zimbabwe and in the Diaspora.
6. Meanwhile the current crop of political leaders, particularly those whose political stature is now tainted by their recent performance will be prevailed upon to swallow their misplaced pride and throw in their lot with the rest.
7. The transitional arrangement would lead to new elections supervised by the United Nations and observed by who ever wishes to – the more the better. They will bring in much needed foreign currency, in any case.
8. These will be free and fair elections. Even Arthur Mutambara, if he still wishes and if he plays his cards well, can become the next President of ZImbabwe, not merely Deputy Prime Minister through the back door, as he is currently and impatiently trying to do.
9. Above all, Zimbabweans wherever they are, must declare a commitment to the transitional arrangement. Let us all join hands, whether we are Shona or Ndebele, white or black, Zanu-PF or MDC to work in unity to liberate ourselves from the yoke of colon..sorry… post colonial oppression, injustice and humiliation. Mugabe has partly survived by driving a wedge between Shona and Ndebele and another between white and black.
10. Once we have achieved our new independence let a referendum be held so that Zimbabweans can decide whether they want to pardon Mugabe for his many sins or to prosecute him.
11. The international community would support this whole process with clean hands as it were. Some African leaders believe the West has become part of the problem of Zimbabwe through their alleged tendency to prescribe the course of political events in Zimbabwe. By their very attitude and actions or lack thereof, the African leaders have themselves also become part of the problem of Zimbabwe.
12. We need the support of the outside world as we strive as a nation to polish our tarnished jewel, Zimbabwe.

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