EU 'encourage but not involved' in GNU talks - to run full race after Zanu PF false start

The European Union says it is not involved in talks to bring Zanu PF and MDC Alliance together to form a government of national unity (GNU). Many western nations know that Zanu PF blatantly rigged the elections but instead of declaring the election process null and void and pressure the junta to accept meaningful reforms; they want a halfway house. The GNU is that halfway house. The EU and UK were reportedly talking with both Zanu PF and MDC to form the GNU.
 
"As EU delegation, we are not involved in such negotiations, if there are any. Nevertheless, we encourage inclusive dialogue," said EU embassy official, Thomas van Handel.

The EU or anyone for that matter would encourage the dialogue, inclusive or whatever, as long as it serves a useful purpose.

The last GNU was tasked to implement the democratic reforms to ensure future elections will be free, fair and credible and it completely failed. The last GNU was under the auspices of SADC whose leaders did try to get MDC leaders to implement the reforms.

This new GNU will just be a Zanu PF government with an MDC window dressing. In other words, a complete waste of time!  

Zimbabwe is stuck in this seemingly intractable economic mess and political paralysis because for the last 38 years it has failed to hold free, fair and credible elections, the pre-requisite for good and accountable government.

Following last November's military coup, President Mnangagwa promised to hold free, fair and credible elections. Whether he genuinely realised the critical importance of free and fair elections as the pre-requisite for meaningful national progress is academic, what mattered then was that he made that promise. What matters now is that he failed to keep his promise.

Even President Mnangagwa himself accepts that the elections were not free, fair and credible. Whereas before he has openly talked of elections being "free, fair, credible and peaceful". Since the elections he has confined himself to the elections being peaceful, no doubt aware that he has rigged the elections and therefore they could not be free, fair and credible.

If we genuinely accept that free, fair and credible elections is the pre-requisite for good governance and that Zimbabwe has been stuck in this hell-hole because it has made a false start by having rigged elections then we must also accept that these rigged elections is yet another false start.

It is utterly, utterly pointless for us to soldier on and run the full five year lap in a race we already know is a false start!

The only logic way forward for Zimbabwe is to accept Zanu PF failed to hold free, fair and credible elections and ask President Mnangagwa and his friends to step aside to allow the appointment of an interim administration that will implement the democratic reforms and hold the country's very FIRST free, fair and credible elections.

So the only dialogue anyone out there should have with President Mnangagwa and his junta is that they failed to hold free, fair and credible elections, their government is, per se, a false start and they must not step aside. They refusal to do so will only be seen for what it is an attempt to hold the nation to ransom. And no nation in its right mind will ever tolerate that!