President Mugabe‘s UN Speech; Zimbabwe, is She a Victim of Western Machinations?

As the debate unfolded at UN 69^th General Assembly Meeting in New York; as expected President Mugabe categorically castigated the Western for their interference in the affairs of other nations against the well known United Nations Doctrine of Non-Interference in the business of other Independent States. 

 

Misheck Gondo 

The presentation by the Head of State laid out critical issues of prime importance to the development of international community. Among other things the President tackled the issue of Bretton Woods Institutions such as IMF, World Bank among other that need urgent reforms; a measure that will titillate the current realities that involves all states as equals, not only the elite few such as USA and  UK that continue to dominate the international political economic business.

As anchored by the President, the governance structures of the Bretton Woods Institutions need urgent change, it stands to be a cost to many developing states as they were instituted with a down syndrome mentality which treated Developing States as recipients of dead Aid, not as engines for sustainable development.

The President also articulated bravely on issues of International Peace and Security, the need to solve the issues holistically. The Palestine –Israel saga that has shown the weakness of International Law in protecting weaker states was one of the examples he gave.

 The hypocrisy of Western countries that hides behind a finger yet committing atrocities in the name of democracy was laid out.

To show the synchrony, the President talked of Sustainable Development Agenda (SDGs) and their relevance to Zimbabwe; where there is a blue print named Zim ASSET; that seeks to sustainably develop the country.

After such good points on international development that realistically need urgent attention; the President as expected turned his sword on Western countries pertaining the challenges facing Zimbabwe.

The big question by his fellow citizens remains; Are our challenges totally as a result of Western Policies?

Is it not worrying if a failed father starts to blame the next door on his domestic infertility? Indeed; the neighbor might have contributed to some inconsistencies; but the poverty in the house should be dealt with by the head of the house.

Lack of consistency in economic policies from 1980, before the touted sanctions should be introspected upon.

 Gross dishonest in Government, outrageous embezzlement of public funds in addition to militarization of state institutions is a worrying factor to the development of our beloved mother land.

Zimbabwe polity have resulted into bloated bureaucracies, the national pride has been since eroded against our Coat of Arms and the National Anthem spirit, but what has become cumbersome to grasp is the impunity  with which  our dear leaders iconoclastically  subjected to all the national articles of devotions to their  idiosyncrasies to the detriment  of the national development.

We are endowed with a leadership that amass wealth and keep the majority suffer; unemployment has grown to stratospheric level, the rate of immorality  is now worrying among the young ones; lack of economic activities has affected the goggle generation.

Imagine with how our leaders had internally failed to craft sustainable measures; imagine with the rate of terrorism in the world, with the current madness in the name of Islamic State. 

Imagine if the extremist group set its recruitment in the beloved soil of Zimbabwe were 90 percent of people are unemployed and econom-phycatrically burdened, especially the youth.

I leave you to conclude on whether our challenges are sorely pillared on Western Policies.

Let’s wait and see!

Misheck Gondo is an International Relations Expert.

gondo.gism@gmail.com