Rigging claims driven by fear of losing elections

The prima facie accusation and counter-accusation between the opposition and the government on the issue of rigging the 2018 general election is driven by panic and fear.

The Ruling party says it favors the use of BVR kits but in an unfortunate event that they fail or malfunction then manual voting shall be the alternative. However, the MDC T and its subordinatesi is of the view that this is an indispensable way of rigging election.

First, the audit of voter registers by ZEC awarding a Chinese company to manufacture ballot papers and other electoral material with full open tender is among issues that ferment hostilities between leading protagonists in the political arena.

MDC T has already declared that there will be a massive rigging in 2018.
The fear mongering skill being flown around by the opposition is irresponsible and shows the fear of fairly competing in a fair elections. The treasonous way the MDC rallies foreign forces to anticipate an unfair election is in itself proper violating the peaceful elections Zimbabwe has always advocated and executed.

The irony of the matter is that MDC accuses ZANU PF of presiding over unfair elections forgetting that ZANU PF went to war to gain and preserve the one man one vote system.  Participating in an election was the main reason ZANU PF engaged in the war of liberation. It begs logic to claim that the party is rubbishing what it fought for.  

Previously the opposition have engaged in some machinations to rush to the court, to stop some actions they suspect geared towards rigging the election. As a result, they vowed to unite and defeat any ad hoc corrigenda that brought to play special session but puts ZANU ahead of the game, despite being in weakened numerical strength.

In my view, the remarks attributed to some politicians on opposing sides are obiter dictum.The opposition is behaving as if they know all answers. This is apparent; by the way, they seek to undercut each other politically. However, too much rhetoric and hard-line approach on who is planning to rig the forthcoming election throws the country amidst future uncertainties at least something has to give.

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Differences between opposition and government on fundamental aspects of the general election heightened by the perception of fear of losing an election if a certain ground ceded. Hence, anything irregular viewed by suspicion among the competing interests.

Rigging of the next election is a mantra in opposition and now their followers have jumped onto the bandwagon concomitant with allegations that does not add value including and not limited to mundane constitutional and self-ego aggrandizement matters. MDC and its wailing partners are seeking to undermine the elections by declaring the results as rigged before the election date is even announced.

Zimbabweans are a sober lot, hence expect a credible verifiable, a free fair and transparent election. Politicians trading accusation and counter-accusation on rigging know very well that rigging is illegal. We can hardly do better than to speculate on the election not yet done. Any means of voting used shall be simple, truthful, verifiable, secure, responsible and transparent. But the fear of the MDC makes the elections a sham. The fear of losing makes them come up with useless stories of rigging. There is a confusion in the pastoral position of Chamisa. He now becomes a prophet and prophecies that there will be rigging in 2018.

This fake Clergy has made very inflammatory statements undermining our elections before they are done.
The youth Interface programme has put fear down the broken spine of the MDC and now started preaching the gospel of fear.

Therefore, it is every Zimbabwean electorate belief that the horse-trading witnessed between government and opposition shall find a common ground on remaining concerns and how to thrash out political quagmire before official campaign start and elections in 2018. Reading from the same script is the only way to manage the coming election, and not a wish list made redundant by opposition decree. The opposition are trashing the elections ethos by wanting to win at all costs.

In their wish to win they now come up with plan A.  To win the election.  Plan B. To boycott the elections.  Plan C. To cry rigging. This is all driven by the fear of losing. Having witnessed the attendance in youth rallies and knowing that the youth is almost 75% of the voting class the numbers in these tallies have numbed the opposition. The only way to get a face is to start telling people that they are rigged before the elections. This the most cowardice ever practiced in the world.

The opposition are demonstrating that they are too stubborn to the effect of change. Hardline stances polarize the country along ethnic lines, create hostilities, lead to ethnic cleansing and disenfranchise voters their right to vote.

Certainly, it is going to take Zimbabweans a long time to be convinced that their socio-economic well-being overrides politician's political survival technicalities. The opposition have always been prepared to be the opposition forever. Winning is a scary topic and the fear of losing makes them cry rigging before the elections.

The fear of losing is real thats why the opposition makes a joke of the elections and villifies the nation and what it stands for.

Zimbabwe takes pride in its election system. The spreading of the rigging mantra is knee shaking and depressing.
It's time for choice, rigging will underpin instability and absolute stability shall be dependent divine intervention.

The opposition must preach strength courage and fairness.  Opposing your country is pathetic.  
Fear of losing is the waste thing ever done by the MDC T.

VAZET2000@yahoo.co.uk