Opinion / Columnist
'MDC frothing over rigged elections,' says Newsday - theatrical farce, Biti et al are gloriously happy!
16 Aug 2018 at 13:27hrs | Views
I have read some good article and some bad articles, this is one of the best I have read in many moons!
"The MDC Alliance has been frothing at the mouth before, during and after the polls, stating in no uncertain terms that the electoral playing field was not level - and justifiably so," reported Newsday. "But by participating in a flawed electoral process, the party might have shot itself in the foot although this may not right what is patently wrong."
Zimbabweans must not be fooled by MDC Alliance "frothing at the mouth" about the political playing field not being level, after all these MDC leaders have known about Zanu PF rigging the elections, were warned a thousand times about it. Still they chose to participate in the elections.
Indeed, during the GNU MDC leaders had the golden opportunity to implement the democratic reforms and stop the rigging once and once for all. They failed to get even one reform implemented in five years.
Yes Nelson Chamisa, Tendai Biti and the rest of the MDC leaders "have formed and frothed at the mouth," nose and every other orifice about "Zanu PF stealing elections", especially soon after the elections (before the elections they have claimed to have "stringent measures to stop the rigging). It is all a bit of theatrical farce to fool the naïve and gullible. "Jema rewadya!" as one would say in Shona.
MDC leaders have been participating in these flawed elections knowing Zanu PF will rig the vote and win their landslide victory, they still participated regardless because they also knew Zanu PF would be giving away a few gravy train seats, bribe for participating. It is these bait seats they have been after as Senator David Coltart admitted in his book.
"The worst aspect for me about the failure to agree a coalition was that both MDCs couldn't now do the obvious – withdraw from the elections," explained Senator Coltart.
"The electoral process was so flawed, so illegal, that the only logical step was to withdraw, which would compel SADC to hold Zanu PF to account. But such was the distrust between the MDC-T and MDC-N that neither could withdraw for fear that the other would remain in the elections, winning seats and giving the process credibility."
Tendai Biti and 64 other MDC leaders are back in parliament, Zanu PF has its landslide 144 MPs, and a corresponding number of MDC Alliance leaders, including Senator David Coltart, are in the senate. They are gloriously happy they back on the gravy train. They will mourn the loudest about the "stolen elections" but, as we know, it is all part of the deceitful act.
The MDC Alliance is challenging the presidential election results which ZEC says Zanu PF's President Mnangagwa won with a razor thin margin of 0.8% or 38 000 votes, to avoid a rin-off.
"It is grossly unfair and unfortunate that the whole nation is now placing its hopes on the Con-Court to end what is essentially a political problem," commented Newsday. "Regrettably, the judgment - no matter how competent and just it would be - will not end the crisis before us.
"The history to what has gotten Zimbabwe to this perilous state is well-documented. "It has its roots in an unjust political system inherited from the former colonial masters and perfected by former president Robert Mugabe in order to retain power at all cost, damn the consequences."
Newsday reporter is spot-on; the court will, at best, hand Chamisa the presidency another MDC leader back on the gravy train but what good will that be to the nation. What can Chamisa ever accomplish faced with Zanu PF controlled parliament, senate, civil service, security services, etc.? The last thing the nation wants is to have months or years of a totally dysfunction government and at the end of it hold flawed elections again because no democratic reforms were implemented.
The most important task before us today is to dismantle the "unjust political system" Mugabe and Zanu PF fostered on the nation which MDC leaders are helping to keep alive by participating in the elections regardless how flawed the process.
"The MDC Alliance has been frothing at the mouth before, during and after the polls, stating in no uncertain terms that the electoral playing field was not level - and justifiably so," reported Newsday. "But by participating in a flawed electoral process, the party might have shot itself in the foot although this may not right what is patently wrong."
Zimbabweans must not be fooled by MDC Alliance "frothing at the mouth" about the political playing field not being level, after all these MDC leaders have known about Zanu PF rigging the elections, were warned a thousand times about it. Still they chose to participate in the elections.
Indeed, during the GNU MDC leaders had the golden opportunity to implement the democratic reforms and stop the rigging once and once for all. They failed to get even one reform implemented in five years.
Yes Nelson Chamisa, Tendai Biti and the rest of the MDC leaders "have formed and frothed at the mouth," nose and every other orifice about "Zanu PF stealing elections", especially soon after the elections (before the elections they have claimed to have "stringent measures to stop the rigging). It is all a bit of theatrical farce to fool the naïve and gullible. "Jema rewadya!" as one would say in Shona.
MDC leaders have been participating in these flawed elections knowing Zanu PF will rig the vote and win their landslide victory, they still participated regardless because they also knew Zanu PF would be giving away a few gravy train seats, bribe for participating. It is these bait seats they have been after as Senator David Coltart admitted in his book.
"The worst aspect for me about the failure to agree a coalition was that both MDCs couldn't now do the obvious – withdraw from the elections," explained Senator Coltart.
Tendai Biti and 64 other MDC leaders are back in parliament, Zanu PF has its landslide 144 MPs, and a corresponding number of MDC Alliance leaders, including Senator David Coltart, are in the senate. They are gloriously happy they back on the gravy train. They will mourn the loudest about the "stolen elections" but, as we know, it is all part of the deceitful act.
The MDC Alliance is challenging the presidential election results which ZEC says Zanu PF's President Mnangagwa won with a razor thin margin of 0.8% or 38 000 votes, to avoid a rin-off.
"It is grossly unfair and unfortunate that the whole nation is now placing its hopes on the Con-Court to end what is essentially a political problem," commented Newsday. "Regrettably, the judgment - no matter how competent and just it would be - will not end the crisis before us.
"The history to what has gotten Zimbabwe to this perilous state is well-documented. "It has its roots in an unjust political system inherited from the former colonial masters and perfected by former president Robert Mugabe in order to retain power at all cost, damn the consequences."
Newsday reporter is spot-on; the court will, at best, hand Chamisa the presidency another MDC leader back on the gravy train but what good will that be to the nation. What can Chamisa ever accomplish faced with Zanu PF controlled parliament, senate, civil service, security services, etc.? The last thing the nation wants is to have months or years of a totally dysfunction government and at the end of it hold flawed elections again because no democratic reforms were implemented.
The most important task before us today is to dismantle the "unjust political system" Mugabe and Zanu PF fostered on the nation which MDC leaders are helping to keep alive by participating in the elections regardless how flawed the process.
Source - zsdemocrats.blogspot.co.uk
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