Biti Lacks The Emotional Intelligence To Be An Effective Politician

NewsDay columnist Conway Tutani has criticised MDC Alliance principal Tendai Biti for his comments on Twitter concerning the people of Marange.

Biti labelled the people of Marange as feudal and made a blanket statement that people in Manicaland go into polygamy because of lack of education and development. Tutani said although Biti is a brilliant lawyer he lacks the emotional intelligence to be an effective lawyer. He attacked the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) leader for speaking his mind without considering the consequences. Part of Tutani’s opinion piece reads:

The problem with Biti and many other — not all — lawyers is that they have this tendency to look at things in the narrowest legal sense. He might be a brilliant lawyer, but he lacks the emotional intelligence to be an effective politician. Former president Robert Mugabe and the late MDC-T leader Morgan Tsvangirai showed how it’s done when they climbed down from their high horses and deferred to the Marange community by putting on apostolic garments, becoming one and the same with the community for the duration of their visits, not this superior, condescending and disparaging attitude displayed by Biti, which is a throwback to the days when Mugabe referred to Mbare residents as “totemless” and reaped the political whirlwind.

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