@AJEnglish@pallerhys This is good, because a great number of humans specialise in blocking progress. "I can't do anything about it" or "it's not my problem" is what you get.
Zimbabwe Parliament has failed in its fundamental duty to provide a safe environment for public consultations. Pandemonium in such enclosed spaces is extremely dangerous to the public & can be fatal.
Under such conditions, the constitutional consultation process cannot proceed legitimately. A government that cannot protect citizens exercising their rights to speak freely has no basis to claim that its consultative processes are genuine. Until the state guarantees safety and ensures free and open participation, this process must be halted.
Violence should never be the instrument that substitutes for debate. The legitimacy of any constitutional process depends on the ability of citizens to participate without fear of assault or intimidation. Anything less is not consultation.
@hankasello The ecosystem needed for e-commerce to thrive is still weak in Zimbabwe, i.e. robust payment systems that can scale online, efficient logistics networks, accessible capital markets, large total addressable market and currency stability. Bonus, business friendly environment.
The assault on human rights lawyer David Coltart during constitutional amendment consultations is not an isolated incident. It is yet another clear example of the ruling party asserting its monopoly on violence to control the political arena.
When a political system relies on organised thugs to disrupt public consultations, assault participants, and silence opposing views, it reveals a fundamental imbalance, one side claims the right to use force while everyone else is expected to remain peaceful.
What makes this even more telling is that none of the ruling elite themselves showed up to face the public at these consultations. If the process were genuine, those proposing such consequential constitutional changes would be present to hear citizens directly. Their absence exposes the consultations for what they increasingly look like, a stage-managed exercise where the outcome is predetermined and dissent must be suppressed.
This is not accidental. The ruling elite that emerged from the Rhodesian Bush War carried forward a governing logic shaped by war, where control of violence determines political power. In such systems, constitutional processes become theatre because genuine public participation introduces uncertainty.
A constitutional consultation cannot be legitimate when the monopoly on violence is used to intimidate citizens who wish to speak. That is not consultation. It is coercion disguised as process.
@daddyhope In stark contrast to Trump's assertion Somali's are actually some of the most enterprising Africans. You'll hardly find a Somali man in a job, they run their own businesses. A good example is World Remit founded by is a Somali.
Presidents can do a lot in the short term given the power & resources in hand.
In El Salvador for example. El Presdente has done a lot in just seven years & is so popular that since 2025, El Salvador's constitution now allows indefinite presidential re-election & it extended presidential terms to six years. From a strict non-consecutice five year term, and still kept the popular public vote.