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Mujuru to contest 2018 election knowing povo will be denied free vote again - is that putting people first
24 Jan 2017 at 09:07hrs | Views
"Better to remain silent and be thought a fool than to speak out and remove all doubt," advised President Abraham Lincoln.
This is very sound advice for Mai Mujuru and she certainly heeded it because in all her 34 years in Zanu PF she was rarely seen and, rarer still, even heard. President Mugabe did all the talking for her and the rest of the regime and the nation at large. But ever since the day she was booted out of the party and was forced to form her own party, just for a chance to get back on Zimbabwe's political gravy train for the ruling elite, she has been forced to talk. Sadly for her, every time she has spoken she has let no one in any doubt that she is a fool.
"We went into this election to test the waters and clearly our opponents have not changed their unorthodox dirty campaign strategies which includes violence, intimidation and vote buying. This experience will inform our strategy for tackling the 2018 election," said Joice Mujuru commenting on the recent Bikita West by-election.
The Zanu PF candidate won with 13 156 votes and Zim PF, Mujuru's party got 2 453 votes. This laid to rest Zim PF people's claim that many Zanu PF cardholders support Zim PF. There was no evidence this happened in Bitika West.
Ever since the formation of Zim PF the party has boasted that its members have detailed knowledge of Zanu PF has been rigging past elections and will use this knowledge to counter the rigging. Again, there was no evidence of Zim PF foiling Zanu PF's dirty tricks. Indeed, by Mai Mujuru's own admission, Zim PF was there "to test the waters" and the experience "will inform" on future strategy.
In an interview, soon after the formation of Zim PF Mai Mujuru was asked if she knew how Zanu PF was rigging elections and she admitted that she did not know. Only a select few knew how the elections were rigged; as VP she was the second most senior member of the party and government for 10 years and still she had no clue how the party was rigging elections! If that is not a damning indictment of how hopeless incompetent Joice Mujuru is and therefore unfit to hold high office; I do not know what is.
"To all our ZimPF supporters, diaspora friends and other opposition parties, I would like to assure you that we are committed to democratic elections and we will contest the forthcoming elections regardless of the difficult conditions currently prevailing in Zimbabwe," continue Mujuru.
"Iwe nemi tine basa! (You and me have work to do!)"
Madam please, just shut up and listen for once! You do not prove your commitment to democracy and democratic elections by contesting elections you already know are marred by "violence, intimidation and vote buying". All you are doing is giving the contest legitimacy by virtue of your participating because the process was flawed, it is assumed, the rational thing to do is to take the necessary measures to stop all cheating.
Black Zimbabweans did not have a vote in white ruled Rhodesia. All this violence, intimidation and vote buying has effectively denied the people the basic and fundamental right to free, fair and credible elections. What the people want is to their freedoms and rights including the right to a meaningful vote restored. And the quickest and surest way to achieve this is by implementing the democratic reforms designed to end Zanu PF dictatorial powers and stop the party rigging vote.
We know that as long as there are some opposition parties foolish enough to contest elections "regardless of the difficult conditions currently prevailing in Zimbabwe" Zanu PF will continue to rig elections and claim they were free and fair otherwise the opposition will have boycotted them!
Can Zim PF assure us here and now that the 2018 elections will be free, fair and credible? If you cannot then your party to resolve to contest the elections regardless of the certainty the people will once again be denied their right to a meaningful vote is totally unacceptable.
Mai Mujuru, you have sat in Zanu PF for 34 years and never lifted a finger to stop the corruption that has destroyed this nation's economy and forced millions into a life of abject poverty or stop the murderous oppression that have seen over 30 000 murdered for political gain. You and your late husband had your lion's share of the nation's looted wealth and you had your high office that was why you never said a word against the rot in Zanu PF.
If Zim PF was putting the people first before selfish personal interests then the party will be demanding that everything must be done to make sure povo have the freedoms and basic human rights, denied them all these years, finally restored. To hold yet another fraudulent election and carelessly kick the day they too can finally be set free into the distant future is totally unacceptable, particularly when there is nothing to be gained by povo by failing to implement the reforms before the elections and they have everything to gained by doing so.
The most important work any thinking Zimbabwean out there must do is demand the implementation of all democratic reforms so that only valid next elections in Zimbabwe are free, fair and credible. It is now clear that we not only have to fight Zanu PF to get this done but also greedy opposition parties like Zim PF whose leaders have ridden roughshod over the people's freedoms and rights for 34 years and will do so again in their resolve to get back on Zimbabwe's infamous political gravy train that runs of misery of the masses and human lives.
The tasked of forcing Zanu PF to implement the reforms must now necessarily start with stop those opposition parties who are giving the corrupt and tyrannical regime a cloak of democratic legitimacy by their continued participation is flawed elections. We are here to stop you, Mai Mujuru; you have opened your mouth and proven that you are fool and now it is time for you to leave the political stage.
Depart, I say, you and your colleagues in both Zim PF and Zanu PF have over stayed for any good you have ever done to this nation. We have had enough of your foolishness. GO! BE GONE!
This is very sound advice for Mai Mujuru and she certainly heeded it because in all her 34 years in Zanu PF she was rarely seen and, rarer still, even heard. President Mugabe did all the talking for her and the rest of the regime and the nation at large. But ever since the day she was booted out of the party and was forced to form her own party, just for a chance to get back on Zimbabwe's political gravy train for the ruling elite, she has been forced to talk. Sadly for her, every time she has spoken she has let no one in any doubt that she is a fool.
"We went into this election to test the waters and clearly our opponents have not changed their unorthodox dirty campaign strategies which includes violence, intimidation and vote buying. This experience will inform our strategy for tackling the 2018 election," said Joice Mujuru commenting on the recent Bikita West by-election.
The Zanu PF candidate won with 13 156 votes and Zim PF, Mujuru's party got 2 453 votes. This laid to rest Zim PF people's claim that many Zanu PF cardholders support Zim PF. There was no evidence this happened in Bitika West.
Ever since the formation of Zim PF the party has boasted that its members have detailed knowledge of Zanu PF has been rigging past elections and will use this knowledge to counter the rigging. Again, there was no evidence of Zim PF foiling Zanu PF's dirty tricks. Indeed, by Mai Mujuru's own admission, Zim PF was there "to test the waters" and the experience "will inform" on future strategy.
In an interview, soon after the formation of Zim PF Mai Mujuru was asked if she knew how Zanu PF was rigging elections and she admitted that she did not know. Only a select few knew how the elections were rigged; as VP she was the second most senior member of the party and government for 10 years and still she had no clue how the party was rigging elections! If that is not a damning indictment of how hopeless incompetent Joice Mujuru is and therefore unfit to hold high office; I do not know what is.
"To all our ZimPF supporters, diaspora friends and other opposition parties, I would like to assure you that we are committed to democratic elections and we will contest the forthcoming elections regardless of the difficult conditions currently prevailing in Zimbabwe," continue Mujuru.
"Iwe nemi tine basa! (You and me have work to do!)"
Madam please, just shut up and listen for once! You do not prove your commitment to democracy and democratic elections by contesting elections you already know are marred by "violence, intimidation and vote buying". All you are doing is giving the contest legitimacy by virtue of your participating because the process was flawed, it is assumed, the rational thing to do is to take the necessary measures to stop all cheating.
Black Zimbabweans did not have a vote in white ruled Rhodesia. All this violence, intimidation and vote buying has effectively denied the people the basic and fundamental right to free, fair and credible elections. What the people want is to their freedoms and rights including the right to a meaningful vote restored. And the quickest and surest way to achieve this is by implementing the democratic reforms designed to end Zanu PF dictatorial powers and stop the party rigging vote.
We know that as long as there are some opposition parties foolish enough to contest elections "regardless of the difficult conditions currently prevailing in Zimbabwe" Zanu PF will continue to rig elections and claim they were free and fair otherwise the opposition will have boycotted them!
Can Zim PF assure us here and now that the 2018 elections will be free, fair and credible? If you cannot then your party to resolve to contest the elections regardless of the certainty the people will once again be denied their right to a meaningful vote is totally unacceptable.
Mai Mujuru, you have sat in Zanu PF for 34 years and never lifted a finger to stop the corruption that has destroyed this nation's economy and forced millions into a life of abject poverty or stop the murderous oppression that have seen over 30 000 murdered for political gain. You and your late husband had your lion's share of the nation's looted wealth and you had your high office that was why you never said a word against the rot in Zanu PF.
If Zim PF was putting the people first before selfish personal interests then the party will be demanding that everything must be done to make sure povo have the freedoms and basic human rights, denied them all these years, finally restored. To hold yet another fraudulent election and carelessly kick the day they too can finally be set free into the distant future is totally unacceptable, particularly when there is nothing to be gained by povo by failing to implement the reforms before the elections and they have everything to gained by doing so.
The most important work any thinking Zimbabwean out there must do is demand the implementation of all democratic reforms so that only valid next elections in Zimbabwe are free, fair and credible. It is now clear that we not only have to fight Zanu PF to get this done but also greedy opposition parties like Zim PF whose leaders have ridden roughshod over the people's freedoms and rights for 34 years and will do so again in their resolve to get back on Zimbabwe's infamous political gravy train that runs of misery of the masses and human lives.
The tasked of forcing Zanu PF to implement the reforms must now necessarily start with stop those opposition parties who are giving the corrupt and tyrannical regime a cloak of democratic legitimacy by their continued participation is flawed elections. We are here to stop you, Mai Mujuru; you have opened your mouth and proven that you are fool and now it is time for you to leave the political stage.
Depart, I say, you and your colleagues in both Zim PF and Zanu PF have over stayed for any good you have ever done to this nation. We have had enough of your foolishness. GO! BE GONE!
Source - Nomusa Garikai
