Opinion / Columnist
Zimbabweans are victims of 'sovereignty'
25 Jun 2017 at 18:18hrs | Views
Some of the walkers who will take part in the peace walk on Saturday 1st July
As Zimbabwe embarks on the final lap before the next elections, all indications are that it will be a repetition of the stolen 2013 polls, nodded through by an acquiescent outside world with political correctness overriding blatant electoral manipulation by Mugabe's Zanu-PF.
Vice President Mnangagwa, speaking on a money-raising trip to South Africa, insisted that the elections would be free and fair, saying electoral reforms had been made to level the playing field, such as the introduction of biometric voter registration.
But this is belied by a report that the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission will still use the database set up by the notorious Israeli company Nikuv International which was accused by the opposition of helping Zanu-PF rig the voters' roll in the last elections.
Interestingly, the Chinese firm controversially awarded the tender to supply the BVR kits is said to be alarmed that its own reputation could be tarnished by the link.
Renewed support for the Zimbabwe status quo came from former South African president Thabo Mbeki, always pictured hand in hand with Mugabe. He said political leaders who had ‘outstayed their welcome' must be shown the door - but only by their own people, adding that he would fight any South African who stood up to say Mugabe must go. ‘It's none of your business' he insisted.
This is the spurious ‘independence solidarity' rhetoric which he and other antediluvian leaders have used to legitimise brutal undemocratic regimes - ignoring all evidence of oppression and happily sacrificing the welfare of the people on the altar of sovereignty.
Vice President Mnangagwa, speaking on a money-raising trip to South Africa, insisted that the elections would be free and fair, saying electoral reforms had been made to level the playing field, such as the introduction of biometric voter registration.
But this is belied by a report that the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission will still use the database set up by the notorious Israeli company Nikuv International which was accused by the opposition of helping Zanu-PF rig the voters' roll in the last elections.
Interestingly, the Chinese firm controversially awarded the tender to supply the BVR kits is said to be alarmed that its own reputation could be tarnished by the link.
Renewed support for the Zimbabwe status quo came from former South African president Thabo Mbeki, always pictured hand in hand with Mugabe. He said political leaders who had ‘outstayed their welcome' must be shown the door - but only by their own people, adding that he would fight any South African who stood up to say Mugabe must go. ‘It's none of your business' he insisted.
This is the spurious ‘independence solidarity' rhetoric which he and other antediluvian leaders have used to legitimise brutal undemocratic regimes - ignoring all evidence of oppression and happily sacrificing the welfare of the people on the altar of sovereignty.
Source - zimvigil
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