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NO credible elections can be administered under Zanu PF hegemony
05 Sep 2017 at 07:08hrs | Views
A political commentator Vince Musewe has said no credible elections can be administered under Zanu PF hegemony.
He said regardless how smart our campaigns and manifestos may sound, the crux of matter is the conduct of credible elections.
"This is antithesis of Zanu PF DNA. No matter how smart and attractive our dreams for a new Zimbabwe are. The window to the future remains closed and bolted by the fact that our electoral institutions are captured by the incumbent and so are the minds of thousands of civil servants who have chosen patriarchy as given unchallengable and therefore unchangeable. So are the vast public resources which remain at the disposal of the Zanu PF machinery," he said.
"I worry that we are majoring in the minors and spending resources on the least point of leverage hoping that things will change by themselves and relying on that hope alone. They will not. We cannot hold any election under these circumstances. Ignoring the facts does not change them."
He said regardless how smart our campaigns and manifestos may sound, the crux of matter is the conduct of credible elections.
"This is antithesis of Zanu PF DNA. No matter how smart and attractive our dreams for a new Zimbabwe are. The window to the future remains closed and bolted by the fact that our electoral institutions are captured by the incumbent and so are the minds of thousands of civil servants who have chosen patriarchy as given unchallengable and therefore unchangeable. So are the vast public resources which remain at the disposal of the Zanu PF machinery," he said.
"I worry that we are majoring in the minors and spending resources on the least point of leverage hoping that things will change by themselves and relying on that hope alone. They will not. We cannot hold any election under these circumstances. Ignoring the facts does not change them."
Source - Byo24News
