Opinion / Columnist
What the MDC-T must do to win the 2018 elections
29 Jun 2017 at 20:45hrs | Views
My non-partisan gospel continues. Last night I was congratulating Advocate Mahere and tonight I am sharing my opinion on what the MDC-T should do to minimise vote-splitting.
Firstly, there is going to be several "independent" candidates who have been politically active and are equipped to make a change. The MDC-T should actually absorb those into their system, "offering" them an opportunity to run on an MDC-T ticket. It's called harvesting talent.
So for argument's sake, let's say Dr. Patson Dzamara says YES to the offer and Advocate Fadzayi Mahere says NO. By virtue of being on an MDC-T ticket in Harare, Dzamara will inherit a five figure vote count in an average constituency. For saying NO to "5 000 votes on a platter" then the MDC-T can now tell the people, "see Mahere is only here to split votes, she doesn't want to win". People will believe.
Fact or Fallacy, people will buy that. It's Politics. Even if she says NO because ideologically she don't agree with MDC-T, she now "looks" like a real ZANU PF agent.
In that case, the next step for the MDC-T will be to field a youthful candidate in that same constituency in order to neutralize the "we are voting for youths" mantra because now there will be two. One who has inherited a "5 000 men" following and the other who would have been "proven" a sell out before election day.
You don't want to go into an election facing a smart, youthful "independent" candidate in an urban setting. Netraulize that, take them up your wings. It's Politics.
Next I will be talking about what Zanu PF can do.
Firstly, there is going to be several "independent" candidates who have been politically active and are equipped to make a change. The MDC-T should actually absorb those into their system, "offering" them an opportunity to run on an MDC-T ticket. It's called harvesting talent.
So for argument's sake, let's say Dr. Patson Dzamara says YES to the offer and Advocate Fadzayi Mahere says NO. By virtue of being on an MDC-T ticket in Harare, Dzamara will inherit a five figure vote count in an average constituency. For saying NO to "5 000 votes on a platter" then the MDC-T can now tell the people, "see Mahere is only here to split votes, she doesn't want to win". People will believe.
Fact or Fallacy, people will buy that. It's Politics. Even if she says NO because ideologically she don't agree with MDC-T, she now "looks" like a real ZANU PF agent.
In that case, the next step for the MDC-T will be to field a youthful candidate in that same constituency in order to neutralize the "we are voting for youths" mantra because now there will be two. One who has inherited a "5 000 men" following and the other who would have been "proven" a sell out before election day.
You don't want to go into an election facing a smart, youthful "independent" candidate in an urban setting. Netraulize that, take them up your wings. It's Politics.
Next I will be talking about what Zanu PF can do.
Source - Prince Noble
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