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We experienced a repeat of 2008 calamity - Bajila
07 Sep 2018 at 09:33hrs | Views
MDC Alliance official Discent Collins Bajila has said the nation has again experienced the repeat of the 2008 calamity arising from the just disputed harmonised elections.
"I have said it before and I am saying it again. The crime scene of our present calamities is rooted in 2007-2008. The Bhebhe incident has hit us again in Masvingo. If we want to understand our society well we must ask ourselves: WHAT HAPPENED IN 2008? Who became our MPs and how did they become MPs? it is in 2008 that we got our Elections Harmonized because Mugabe was afraid to face the electorate alone. Remember Presidential Elections were last held in 2002 and were due in 2008 but Parliamentary Elections were held in 2005 and were only due in 2010. Mugabe was scared of campaigning alone, more so after his lieutenants had attempted a coup code named Operation 1940 in 2007," he said.
"Harmonised Elections mean that voters mainly concentrate on the President, slightly on the MP and almost nothing towards the Councillors. 2008 was the first Election after the MDC split. In Matebeleland, the leadership had gone in one direction with the structures yet the sympathisers and supporters went in another direction. The leaders and the structures unsuccessfully tried to turn themselves into supporters yet the sympathisers whose previous role was just voting jumped in and made leaders out of one another. They became MPs and Councillors quite easily and inspired more like them to avail themselves for public office in 2013 and in 2018. They had their first cars as MP packages and/or their first title deeds as Councillor packages. They became an inspiration to more and more who have never had a decent job, a decent pay under a decent society. Thanks to 2008."
He said in 2008, MDC MPs were induced to vote against their party's candidate for Speaker of Parliament.
"The culture of inducing people to defy their leadership was thus founded. Today it's MDC Alliance Councillors who have been induced to vote against their party's candidate for Mayor and Deputy Mayor in Masvingo. With only 3/10 Councillors, ZANU PF find themselves with a Deputy Mayor. In isiNdebele we say "imvama zibuya usulibele". The Bulawayo Mayor debate is also about the party leadership having made a decision that Mguni must be Mayor and Mlandu Ncube must be Deputy Mayor but some are being induced to defy," he said.
"2008 events, fear and tendencies are haunting us all. Let's go back to the crime scene and fix our problems."
"I have said it before and I am saying it again. The crime scene of our present calamities is rooted in 2007-2008. The Bhebhe incident has hit us again in Masvingo. If we want to understand our society well we must ask ourselves: WHAT HAPPENED IN 2008? Who became our MPs and how did they become MPs? it is in 2008 that we got our Elections Harmonized because Mugabe was afraid to face the electorate alone. Remember Presidential Elections were last held in 2002 and were due in 2008 but Parliamentary Elections were held in 2005 and were only due in 2010. Mugabe was scared of campaigning alone, more so after his lieutenants had attempted a coup code named Operation 1940 in 2007," he said.
"Harmonised Elections mean that voters mainly concentrate on the President, slightly on the MP and almost nothing towards the Councillors. 2008 was the first Election after the MDC split. In Matebeleland, the leadership had gone in one direction with the structures yet the sympathisers and supporters went in another direction. The leaders and the structures unsuccessfully tried to turn themselves into supporters yet the sympathisers whose previous role was just voting jumped in and made leaders out of one another. They became MPs and Councillors quite easily and inspired more like them to avail themselves for public office in 2013 and in 2018. They had their first cars as MP packages and/or their first title deeds as Councillor packages. They became an inspiration to more and more who have never had a decent job, a decent pay under a decent society. Thanks to 2008."
"The culture of inducing people to defy their leadership was thus founded. Today it's MDC Alliance Councillors who have been induced to vote against their party's candidate for Mayor and Deputy Mayor in Masvingo. With only 3/10 Councillors, ZANU PF find themselves with a Deputy Mayor. In isiNdebele we say "imvama zibuya usulibele". The Bulawayo Mayor debate is also about the party leadership having made a decision that Mguni must be Mayor and Mlandu Ncube must be Deputy Mayor but some are being induced to defy," he said.
"2008 events, fear and tendencies are haunting us all. Let's go back to the crime scene and fix our problems."
Source - Byo24News
