Chamisa: Beware the vexation of a fool

Viagra without prescription, dapoxetine without prescription. THEY are referring to Nelson Chamisa as an advocate, meaning he should have sound knowledge of the law. If that is the case, why canai??i??t this advocate see that the law will soon teach him a gruesome lesson? Hatidi vanozochema pamberi apo. ZANU-PF zii zvayo, ichikwenya mhuno nekasiyanwa.

The game of emotions and sympathy that Chamisa is trying to play is not new. Those who were old enough will remember the sad and unfortunate story of the Daily News on September 12, 2003. A repeat is on its way and Chamisa should be ready for it.

Developments at the High Court this week should raise red flags for Chamisa. The High Court last Tuesday ruled that an application by Chamisaai??i??s MDC-T seeking to bar his rival Thokozani Khupeai??i??s faction from using the MDC-T name and logo was not urgent. The Court further ruled that the two factions should approach an arbitration court for a determination on the matter as it was not clear which was the legitimate MDC-T faction between the two.

Chamisa wanted the High Court to stop Khupe from using the name MDC-T and the party logo after the two went separate ways following the death of Morgan Tsvangirai in February. Looks like itai??i??s true that Save vakaenda neparty yavo.

Meanwhile, nguva to elections iri kuita kumhanya chaiko. Hazvina kana kutombomira zvakanaka. But then this is Chamisa – he is young, he dresses well and his supporters love him. The law doesnai??i??t matter. Well, like I have just warned, in September 2003 the Daily News played the same silly game and they paid dearly when the law was applied.

Just a reminder here will be of use to Chamisa. Before this fateful day on September 12, 2003, the Daily News thought public sympathy and support from a plethora of Western governments, were enough to sway the courts in determining whether the paper was operating legally or not.

The Daily News for some strange reasons had decided to operate without a valid licence as was required under the Access to Information and Protection of Privacy Act (AIPPA) that had been adopted in March 2002. The daily newspaper was expressing reservations over AIPPA and went on to challenge a section of the law, arguing that the requirement to register with AIPPA was unconstitutional.

Everyone could see that the Daily News was ai???approaching the courts with dirty hands and as an illegalityai??? but the powers that be at the newspaper thought with public support and with mighty America and the UK, on their side, the law was supposed to bend in their direction. Then, just like now, ZANU-PF yaikwenya mhuno nekasiyanwa. And then, just like now, the Daily News chose to remain stubborn.

And then the law was applied without fear or favour. The Supreme Court ruled that the Daily News was operating illegally since it was not registered under AIPPA. The Government didnai??i??t waste time. Unomirirei pakadai iwe wanga uchishungurudzwa? The next day, on September 12, 2003 police using the Supreme Court decision closed the newspaper. Many sober thinking Zimbabweans saw this coming and were not surprised at all.

Just like that the lives of the employees at the Daily News went up in smoke. The employees were jobless, just like that. As your Bishop, I know that many of the journalists at the paper went through traumatic and very difficult times. I counselled quite a number, but itai??i??s true that up to this day some of them have failed to recover.

Organisations such as the International Federation for Human Rights and ZimRights condemned the closure of the Daily News, but this was purely on weak humanitarian grounds. The Zimbabwe Union of Journalists and other organisations that should have advised the Daily News to register with AIPPA in the first instance, made a little noise but they knew that the newspaper had legally closed itself through arrogance. And so in no time, the Daily News was left to stew in its stupidity.

I vividly remember the sorry words from the Daily News publisher at the time, Francis Mdlongwa: ai???This is an unprecedented attack on press freedom because after the court decision. . .we had made clear that we were going to comply with the law and register.ai??? Hey dummy, you should have registered before going to the courts! But then this was all ai???too late for mama.ai???

The Daily News was closed and as the newspaper tried to do what it should have done in the first place – to register with AIPPA – it found the Government not in a hurry to handle the matter. ZANU-PF kuti kwatsu zvayo kuseka hunzi hekani waro. Tsvato!

Now Chamisa should take a lesson, before he is taught the lesson. His reaction to the High Court ruling last Tuesday clearly shows that, just like the Daily News in 2003, he thinks public support and sympathy will help him dribble the law. The law has no emotions. I am sure those familiar with law know the proper statement to what I am saying as a mere Bishop.

Said Chamisaai??i??s MDC-T: ai???The national executive took note of the decision of the High Court. It noted with concern the creeping of politics into law and remained concerned that a whole respectable court can choose to relate itself to the issue of the so-called factions which was not even before it.

ai???What was before the courts, the executive noted, was the issue of expelled party members who were abusing the partyai??i??s name, trademark, logo and symbols.ai???

This is exactly the arrogance that the Daily News had in 2003. Kutopomera High Court kuti yava kuita politics? Ahh, ahh, nhai mwariwee? You still want to approach the courts to settle the same matter? Ummm, Chamisa mukono wena, mukweshwa werume. Regai tione.

Professor Lovemore Madhuku, who argued the matter for Khupe chose to be very civil in his advice to Chamisaai??i??s MDC-T: ai???It is unfair to attribute improper motives to a judge who clearly applied an impartial mind to the matter before him. A litigant who initiates legal proceedings cannot, after losing, choose to undermine the dignity of our courts. . .ai???

Just a gentle reminder dear congregants, in 2003 it was actually the Daily News that had approached the courts challenging a section of AIPPA. In this latest case, it was Chamisaai??i??s MDC-T that had approached the courts. Kufanana kunge matwins. Zviri kumboyendepi semawonero enyu?

The president of the Law Society of Zimbabwe, Misheck Hogwe even chipped in to give sound legal advice: ai???The matter before the court was by any definition a political dispute. If the political parties believed that the court had jurisdiction to entertain the matter they ought to respect the ruling of the court. This is not to say the losing party necessarily has to agree with the ruling. Litigants should resist the temptation to be bad losers so that the integrity of our courts is maintained.ai???

Very sound legal advice. Even in 2003, the Daily News was told repeatedly that it was approaching the courts with dirty hands, but then just like now, emotions prevailed over reason.

The first part of Proverbs 12 vs 16 says: ai???The vexation of a fool is known at once. . .ai??? Totoziva and takatoziva kuti benzi ndiani since Tsvangirai passed on, but zii zvedu as the law moves slowly to confirm what we all know. The vexation of a fool is known at once.

If Chamisa is as popular as he wants us to believe, why not go to congress as required by the MDC-T constitution? All Khupe was and is saying is, letai??i??s go to congress. Itai??i??s that simple.

Now Khupe has held her factionai??i??s congress and that congress will soon come back to haunt Chamisa. For now this will all sound like we are poli-tricking. This is exactly what the Daily News thought as sober Zimbabweans advised the newspaper to register first and challenge AIPPA later. The Daily News would boost saying, ai???hatinzarwoai???, zvino vakazonzarwo vakazhamba. Terera mashoko kana tichitaura mwanawe Chamisa.

Either Chamisa goes to congress or he smokes the peace-pipe with Khupe. Swallow that pride boy before itai??i??s too late. Francis Mdlongwa wakazoti ai???we were going to registerai??? but it was way too late.

Proverbs 16 vs 18-19 says: ai???Pride goeth before destruction, and an haughty spirit before a fall. Better it is to be of an humble spirit with the lowly, than to divide the spoil with the proud.ai??? This is the King James Version of the Holy Book.

There is even a proverb which says; ai???pride comes before a fall.ai???

The Daily News closed itself and surely Chamisa should not defeat himself. Munhu ngaadyiwe ferere-ferere kwete kuzoti hehe Khupe is a ZANU-PF spy, hehe she divided votes, hehe dai ndakaziva like what the Daily News was saying after September 12, 2003.

I know some in ZANU-PF are silently saying; ai???Imi Bishop mwanzinyi nani? Siyai zvakadero.ai??? Sorry macomrades, Bishop havana hana.

The presidential elections are fast approaching. There is still a bit of time for sense to prevail. Mai vangu maSibanda always tell me; ai???Mwanangu, dai kufunga kwebenzi.ai???

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