Selby Vusimusi Moyo
activist
By Selby Moyo
Activist
When one looks at the plethora of commissions of inquiry which have been established since the dawn of the so-called democratic dispensation, one will realise that they are centred predominantly around errant law-makers.
The current commissions of inquiry, regrettably, now involve law- enforcing agents including the police, prosecutors and members of the judiciary.
As a result, the following question arises:
“What is the purpose of the law when those who make the selfsame law and are supposed to observe it are caught urinating upon the selfsame law?”
These are people who are bound by their Constitutional obligations and the oaths that they have taken and signed.
Let me emphatically state that a law that is undermined and urinated upon by its own makers and enforcers ceases to be a law.
The inquiries and probes we are witnessing today compel us to stop and think hard, for they pose hard challenges to us as citizens at large.
The main question confronting the public in general, is whether there is logic for them (the public) to observe and respect the law.
It does not make sense for any law to exist when those who make the said law turn it into chaos.
It then follows that the law was not supposed to be there in the first place because its makers and enforcers don’t obey it and are not taking their duties and themselves seriously.
So by extension the law-makers and its enforcers should therefore cease to be part of the representation of the citizens of this country.
As citizens we are put in a situation whereby we have to examine our status and responsibilities.
We then ask ourselves the following question:
“How do we continue to be silent when we are obviously being led into chaos and continuous distress and that we will be pliant even if there is no law in place?”
Isn’t it time we as citizens rose up to demand that concrete action be taken against the aforesaid errant law-makers?
Does our silence mean we have given in to lawlessness?
If that is the case, then it means we can’t show that we deserve all the dignity and respect that is due to us as citizens of this country.
But if we so much as respect ourselves and cherish our dignity, then we cannot continue in our silence when the law is used to disrespect us and undermine our dignity!
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