Opinion / Columnist
'Mnangagwa are you tired of stealing elections!,' cried Biti - to put nation's destiny at mercy of ED's whim is insane
16 Jul 2018 at 02:31hrs | Views
MDC leaders have proven to be breathtakingly corrupt and incompetent, after nearly 20 years of blundering from pillar to post one is tempted to say "Nothing that lot does or says, will surprise me anymore!" And yet they have, time and time again, managed to sink to new depths of stupidity that has left one speechless!
"Why are you not getting tired of stealing elections? How do you feel when you are in charge and inside you know that you have stolen elections?" said Tendai Biti, according to a report in Bulawayo24.
"Mnangagwa my friend please do not steal this election. Guveya (Chiwenga) my friend do not steal this elections. You voter do not support those who want to steal this election. Support the agenda of transformation, agenda of prosperity..." "Let's go and vote look for MDC Alliance, look for a handsome young man Chamisa they say X to them."
How naïve! How breathtakingly naïve!
President Mnangagwa, VP Chiwenga and the rest of the Zanu PF junta have been stealing elections for the last 38 years for Pete's sake! Why would these thugs abandon the very thing that had kept them in power all these years? Ever since the country gained her independence, the nation is yet to hold free, fair and credible elections.
The 2008 elections have proved, beyond all doubt, that Zanu PF's vote rigging skills had reached the crescendo, the epoch, where the regime would never ever lose an elections over which it has the carte blanche powers to rig the vote. Never ever!
No one, not even SADC and AU election observers would recognise Robert Mugabe and his Zanu PF thugs' claim of 2008 electoral victory, given the blatant cheating and wanton violence that had taken place. SADC forced Robert Mugabe to agree to the implementation of a raft of democratic reforms designed to take away his dictatorial power including the carte blanche powers to rig the elections. The GNU of 2008 to 2013 comprising Mugabe and his Zanu PF party and the two MDC factions led by Morgan Tsvangirai and Arthur Mutambara.
MDC leaders failed to implement even one democratic reform in the five years of the GNU. Mugabe bribed them with the trappings of high office; ministerial limos, generous salaries and allowances, a $4 million mansion for Tsvangirai, etc. In return MDC leaders kicked all the reforms out of the window. Without doubt, MDC leaders' failure to get even one reform implemented has been the greatest disappointment and surprise of the last two decades.
When SADC leaders realised that MDC leaders had failed to implement even one reform, they wanted the 2013 elections postponed and told MDC leaders why. "If you take part in next month's elections, you will lose," the warned Tsvangirai and company to their face. "The elections are done!"
Once again, MDC leaders ignored the warning. I, for one, was not surprise! MDC leaders thought they had the numbers on their side. "No Zanu PF vote rigging shenanigans would defeat them!" Tsvangirai later admitted, after the party was trounced by the Zanu PF vote rigging juggernaut in the 2013 elections.
After Zanu PF rigged the 2013 elections one thought that MDC leaders like Tendai Biti must have finally learned their lesson - the sheer futility of holding elections without implementing the reforms first. Of course, one was both surprised and disappointed to see that MDC leaders were, once again, going to contest these elections with no reforms in place.
Biti's appeal to Mnangagwa and Chiwenga not "to steal these elections" just as surprising as it is disappointing! Biti is appealing to the ring leaders of last November's military coup; if they had no qualms staging a coup it is naïve to even believe for one split second they will feel any guilt about rigging the elections, especial after 38 years of rigging the elections.
Besides, both Mnangagwa and Chiwenga will be painfully aware that this year's elections, are for all intent and purposes, a referendum on last November's coup. Whilst Chamisa is on public record saying his MDC government will not investigate any Zanu PF leaders for their past wrong doings. "I will not drive the vehicle Zimbabwe looking in the rear-view mirror!" he said on BBC Hardtalk programme. It is quite possible that the MDC government will ignore everything else but not the November coup, especially given the increased influence of Mugabe and his NPF party in MDC.
If ED and his Zanu PF junta had been under pressure to rig elections in the past, well that pressure has soared into the stratosphere! Tendai Biti and his MDC friends are asking the nation to participate in the 30 July 2018 elections, elections Zanu PF are more determined than ever to rig; with our finger and toes crossed hoping against hope that Zanu PF will rig the vote and lose the elections! The real big surprise this time is that there are some Zimbabweans out there crazy enough to believe this nonsense!
Ever since the 2008 elections when Zanu PF showed that the party's vote rigging power gives the party the veto and guaranteed landslide victory; it has been pointless taking part in any elections without first implementing the reforms. Sadly, all efforts to get MDC leaders to boycott these flawed elections to force the implementation of reforms have fallen on deaf ears.
The only way forward for the ordinary Zimbabweans is to make it very clear that we did not approve these elections going ahead with no reforms in place. Our demand is for the elections to be declared null and void to facilitate the appointment of an interim administration that will be tasked to implement the raft of reforms agreed at the onset of the 2008 GNU.
Mr Tendai Biti, the destiny of a nation cannot and must never again be at the mercy of the whims of corrupt, incompetent and vote rigging thugs like Mugabe, Mnangagwa, Chiwenga or their naïve, corrupt and incompetent acolytes like Tsvangirai, Chamisa and yourself! This nation will implement the reforms and guarantee the rule of law, holding of free and fair elections and freedoms and human rights of all Zimbabweans.
"ED are you tired of stealing elections?" What a stupid question! Of course, he is not tired and will never be, especial this year when there is so much at stake!
"Mnangagwa my friend please do not steal this election. Guveya (Chiwenga) my friend do not steal this elections. You voter do not support those who want to steal this election. Support the agenda of transformation, agenda of prosperity..." "Let's go and vote look for MDC Alliance, look for a handsome young man Chamisa they say X to them."
How naïve! How breathtakingly naïve!
President Mnangagwa, VP Chiwenga and the rest of the Zanu PF junta have been stealing elections for the last 38 years for Pete's sake! Why would these thugs abandon the very thing that had kept them in power all these years? Ever since the country gained her independence, the nation is yet to hold free, fair and credible elections.
The 2008 elections have proved, beyond all doubt, that Zanu PF's vote rigging skills had reached the crescendo, the epoch, where the regime would never ever lose an elections over which it has the carte blanche powers to rig the vote. Never ever!
No one, not even SADC and AU election observers would recognise Robert Mugabe and his Zanu PF thugs' claim of 2008 electoral victory, given the blatant cheating and wanton violence that had taken place. SADC forced Robert Mugabe to agree to the implementation of a raft of democratic reforms designed to take away his dictatorial power including the carte blanche powers to rig the elections. The GNU of 2008 to 2013 comprising Mugabe and his Zanu PF party and the two MDC factions led by Morgan Tsvangirai and Arthur Mutambara.
MDC leaders failed to implement even one democratic reform in the five years of the GNU. Mugabe bribed them with the trappings of high office; ministerial limos, generous salaries and allowances, a $4 million mansion for Tsvangirai, etc. In return MDC leaders kicked all the reforms out of the window. Without doubt, MDC leaders' failure to get even one reform implemented has been the greatest disappointment and surprise of the last two decades.
When SADC leaders realised that MDC leaders had failed to implement even one reform, they wanted the 2013 elections postponed and told MDC leaders why. "If you take part in next month's elections, you will lose," the warned Tsvangirai and company to their face. "The elections are done!"
Once again, MDC leaders ignored the warning. I, for one, was not surprise! MDC leaders thought they had the numbers on their side. "No Zanu PF vote rigging shenanigans would defeat them!" Tsvangirai later admitted, after the party was trounced by the Zanu PF vote rigging juggernaut in the 2013 elections.
Biti's appeal to Mnangagwa and Chiwenga not "to steal these elections" just as surprising as it is disappointing! Biti is appealing to the ring leaders of last November's military coup; if they had no qualms staging a coup it is naïve to even believe for one split second they will feel any guilt about rigging the elections, especial after 38 years of rigging the elections.
Besides, both Mnangagwa and Chiwenga will be painfully aware that this year's elections, are for all intent and purposes, a referendum on last November's coup. Whilst Chamisa is on public record saying his MDC government will not investigate any Zanu PF leaders for their past wrong doings. "I will not drive the vehicle Zimbabwe looking in the rear-view mirror!" he said on BBC Hardtalk programme. It is quite possible that the MDC government will ignore everything else but not the November coup, especially given the increased influence of Mugabe and his NPF party in MDC.
If ED and his Zanu PF junta had been under pressure to rig elections in the past, well that pressure has soared into the stratosphere! Tendai Biti and his MDC friends are asking the nation to participate in the 30 July 2018 elections, elections Zanu PF are more determined than ever to rig; with our finger and toes crossed hoping against hope that Zanu PF will rig the vote and lose the elections! The real big surprise this time is that there are some Zimbabweans out there crazy enough to believe this nonsense!
Ever since the 2008 elections when Zanu PF showed that the party's vote rigging power gives the party the veto and guaranteed landslide victory; it has been pointless taking part in any elections without first implementing the reforms. Sadly, all efforts to get MDC leaders to boycott these flawed elections to force the implementation of reforms have fallen on deaf ears.
The only way forward for the ordinary Zimbabweans is to make it very clear that we did not approve these elections going ahead with no reforms in place. Our demand is for the elections to be declared null and void to facilitate the appointment of an interim administration that will be tasked to implement the raft of reforms agreed at the onset of the 2008 GNU.
Mr Tendai Biti, the destiny of a nation cannot and must never again be at the mercy of the whims of corrupt, incompetent and vote rigging thugs like Mugabe, Mnangagwa, Chiwenga or their naïve, corrupt and incompetent acolytes like Tsvangirai, Chamisa and yourself! This nation will implement the reforms and guarantee the rule of law, holding of free and fair elections and freedoms and human rights of all Zimbabweans.
"ED are you tired of stealing elections?" What a stupid question! Of course, he is not tired and will never be, especial this year when there is so much at stake!
Source - zsdemocrats.blogspot.co.uk
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