Alex Tawanda Magaisa, the former advisor to MDC founding father Morgan Tsvangirai has said that technocrats who are working with the government of President Emmerson Mnangagwa were being used by the government and not vice versa.
He said that they were being used to sanitize the repressive regime which would use their presence to enhance the view that it is both inclusive and tolerant. He said:
What these business and intellectual elites do not realise is that their mere presence in the regime is enough for the regime leaders. They think they are using the regime but in fact it is the regime that is using them. The repressive regime is more astute and cunning than they imagine.
They present a perfect facade of normalcy which is designed to cover the sordid reality of the regime. Their presence goes some way to legitimating the regime; giving the impression that it is so good that respectable professional are only too happy to work with it.
His remarks come amidst attacks on former advisor to Mnangagwa, Petina Gappah by some members of the public.
Gappah, like other members of the Presidential Advisory Council, says that she intended to influence transformation in government.
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