Leaders must be servants, not Chefs: Ncube MDC president, Welshman Ncube, told supporters Friday that leaders should be servants of the people and not Chefs as he launched his election campaign at Chikomba in Mashonaland East province. “We are not Chefs, we are servants," said Ncube. "What went wrong in Zimbabwe is that instead of creating servants we created Chefs who went on to become thieves and murderers. “This election is about new beginnings and a new Zimbabwe. That is why we can’t go into coalitions of convenience. "Our job isn’t just to get rid of (Robert) Mugabe but to ensure that once we have removed him we replace him with leaders that have a different DNA from that of Zanu PF.” Ncube, who is running for the presidency, warned voters against leadership experimentation as Zimbabwe looks to elect a substantive government at the end of the month. “If you make a mistake and experiment with people who are clueless we would have an Egypt situation here,” he said. “They removed (Hosni) Mubarak and celebrated, where are they today? They are saying Mubarak was better. Do you want to do that? Do you want another false revolution? Let us not experiment with our future.” The MDC has formed an alliance with Dumiso Dabengwa’s Zapu and the United Movement for Democracy led by Leonard Mahora, which Ncube described as the “Coalition for Devolution”. Dabengwa also attended the Chikomba rally. And in an apparent dig at Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai’s coalition with Zanu Ndonga’s Reketayi Semwayo, who is said to have been a driver for former party leaders, Ncube said: “What we are talking of here is a real coalition and not the fake one you have just seen. “If you enter into a coalition with a driver, yes he can drive you around, but that does not make it a coalition. What we have here is a real coalition of real political parties with people behind them.” The Chikomba rally was mainly aimed at introducing the MDC’s candidates to supporters with the party’s manifesto launch set for Binga next Saturday. The MDC is fielding 203 candidates in various constituencies around the country and Ncube told them they had a responsibility to lead by example. “The MDC is a party of integrity, and your integrity in your communities must be beyond question,” he said.
Posted on: Sat, 13 Jul 2013 12:09:04 +0000
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