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(TALKZIMBABWE) Chamisa, please sue the Sunday Mail

Chamisa, please sue the Sunday Mail
By: Frank Chita
Posted: Tuesday, April 12, 2011 4:36 am

THE Sunday Mail newspaper carried a very interesting story about MDC-T national spokesperson Nelson Chamisa where he said “for now” he is Zanu-PF to the bone, adding that President Mugabe is a “man of a golden mind, agile” and is “special in many ways”.

He further said he is impressed by President Mugabe’s “wisdom and deftness” in handling matters of State. This was revealed in a brief note that he recently wrote to one of his Cabinet colleagues from Zanu-PF, before the start of a Cabinet meeting.

Chamisa described President Mugabe as a “great man”, adding that “meetings are different” with him as chair.

This was written on March 1 2011 when the MDC-T was hoping for an Egypt-style uprising allegedly led by Crisis Coalition against the Government.
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Police had deployed several officers around the country.

Chamisa is also reported as writing: “When greatness shall be measured, the man in the chair (referring to President Mugabe who chairs Cabinet) shall be one among a few. I am impressed by his wisdom and deftness in dealing with matters and affairs of the State."

He added: “I wonder who, among the aspirants, possesses even a ¼ of what he possesses. He is a great man. A man of a golden mind — agile and special in many ways.

“Meetings are different with him. It explains why I have not attacked him for a long while. My bone is with Zanu-PF for now.”

When this story was published, Chamisa dismissed it vehemently, spitting many of his useless and characteristic expletives.

We are now so accustomed to Chamisa using a lot of big words that amount to nothing.

He said he was allergic to Zanu-PF, yet he has been a minister in President Mugabe's government for almost three years now.

Chamisa also said some ministers had embarked on a smear campaign to tarnish his image and sow seeds of discontent ahead of the MDC-T party’s elective congress at the end of the month, but failed to name those ministers. Are they the ones who gave the note to The Sunday Mail?

The now infamous note written by Nelson Chamisa praising President Mugabe


His defence was very weak, saying that he did not have such "bad handwriting". Is this all Chamisa can come up with for someone who despises Zanu-PF to the bone?

Interestingly, part of Chamisa's defence published by an online publication read: "This particular minister was behind the plot to kill me." How does Chamisa know that it was this "particular minister" who had spilt the beans if the note didn't exist in the first place?

It was also interesting for Chamisa to say: "They can paint me black but it doesn’t matter, I’m as white as a white dove."

The irony of this statement is disturbing, and that is a topic for another day.

While we await Chamisa's provision of his sample handwriting as promised to NewsDay, to compare with that on the alleged note, we would like to advise him to sue the Sunday paper, so that we can believe his version of the story.

Judging from his acerbic response, this alleged note should amount to defamation. Anything short of suing the paper is admission that he indeed penned it.

In the meantime, some of us would like to advise Chamisa that there is absolutely nothing wrong with being impressed by the leadership qualities of a veteran leader and freedom fighter like President Mugabe.

His own leaders in the MDC-T, Morgan Tsvangirai and Tendai Biti, have attested to President Mugabe's leadership qualities.

Chamisa would not be the first, neither will he be the last.

Labels: MDC, NELSON CHAMISA, ROBERT MUGABE

posted by MrK @ 6:14 PM