Opinion / Columnist
The root cause of Zimbabwe's lawlessness is the illegitimate Zanu PF government
18 Nov 2014 at 12:15hrs | Views
The Zimbabwe Social Democrats condemn the fragrant disregard of the law and all human decency as shown by Grace Mugabe in secretly recording VP Mujuru in her own home and bedroom. This is happening because there is no rule of law governed by an illegitimate regime.
There is no doubt that last year's elections were rigged and it is now nearly two years since the day this regime was legally obliged to release the voters roll, the smoking gun to the rigged elections, but still it has not done so. There is conclusive evidence to show Mugabe and Zanu PF rigged the 2002 and 2008 elections.
In a report that the SA government has refuse to realise for the last six year but which the Mail and Guardian has final forced the President Zuma's regime to handover. High Court Judges Dikgang Moseneke and Sisi Khampepe concluded that Zimbabwe's 2002 elections were NOT free and fair.
All the foreign election observers of Zimbabwe's 2008 elections condemn the wanton violence Mugabe and Zanu PF visited upon the people of Zimbabwe and all agreed that the elections were not free and fair.
Last year's elections were marred by the blatant vote rigging in the form of bussed in voters, the deliberate posting of voters names in different constituency than the voters expected and the refusal by the regime to realise the voters rolls so the world could not uncover the truth, etc. The AU observer mission dwelt on the elections being free of violence as if that was the only requirement for free, fair and credible elections and thus concluded the elections were "reasonably" free. Countries like USA and others condemned the elections and refused to accept the results as a true reflection of the democratic will of the people of Zimbabwe.
We in the Zimbabwe Social Democrats are determined to see a full judiciary inquiry is set up as soon as possible to investigate the truth behind Zimbabwe's rigged 2013 elections.
The root cause of Zimbabwe's seemingly intractable political and economic problems is the nation's failure to produce a legitimate government with the electoral mandate to address the nation's chronic problems like mismanagement and corruption. A legitimate government that can command international respect and donors and would-be investors can trust to uphold the rule of law.
Zimbabwe has been a rogue state shunned and despised by all because it has become a lawless nation ruled by the whims of a dictator and tyrant. We must restore the rule of law in Zimbabwe and the legitimacy of those who govern it; there is nothing that can ever be accomplished until this is done.
Rigging elections is treason and all those found guilty of committing this heinous crime must and will be punished. This is the message that must be sent out across the land loud and clear from those in the palatial Blue Roof to those in the pole and mud huts in Zimbabwe's rural backwaters!
The root cause of Zimbabwe's lawlessness is the illegitimacy of this Zanu PF regime. The only way to restore the rule of law is by restoring the legitimacy of the government which is only done by holding free, fair and credible elections.
There is no doubt that last year's elections were rigged and it is now nearly two years since the day this regime was legally obliged to release the voters roll, the smoking gun to the rigged elections, but still it has not done so. There is conclusive evidence to show Mugabe and Zanu PF rigged the 2002 and 2008 elections.
In a report that the SA government has refuse to realise for the last six year but which the Mail and Guardian has final forced the President Zuma's regime to handover. High Court Judges Dikgang Moseneke and Sisi Khampepe concluded that Zimbabwe's 2002 elections were NOT free and fair.
All the foreign election observers of Zimbabwe's 2008 elections condemn the wanton violence Mugabe and Zanu PF visited upon the people of Zimbabwe and all agreed that the elections were not free and fair.
Last year's elections were marred by the blatant vote rigging in the form of bussed in voters, the deliberate posting of voters names in different constituency than the voters expected and the refusal by the regime to realise the voters rolls so the world could not uncover the truth, etc. The AU observer mission dwelt on the elections being free of violence as if that was the only requirement for free, fair and credible elections and thus concluded the elections were "reasonably" free. Countries like USA and others condemned the elections and refused to accept the results as a true reflection of the democratic will of the people of Zimbabwe.
The root cause of Zimbabwe's seemingly intractable political and economic problems is the nation's failure to produce a legitimate government with the electoral mandate to address the nation's chronic problems like mismanagement and corruption. A legitimate government that can command international respect and donors and would-be investors can trust to uphold the rule of law.
Zimbabwe has been a rogue state shunned and despised by all because it has become a lawless nation ruled by the whims of a dictator and tyrant. We must restore the rule of law in Zimbabwe and the legitimacy of those who govern it; there is nothing that can ever be accomplished until this is done.
Rigging elections is treason and all those found guilty of committing this heinous crime must and will be punished. This is the message that must be sent out across the land loud and clear from those in the palatial Blue Roof to those in the pole and mud huts in Zimbabwe's rural backwaters!
The root cause of Zimbabwe's lawlessness is the illegitimacy of this Zanu PF regime. The only way to restore the rule of law is by restoring the legitimacy of the government which is only done by holding free, fair and credible elections.
Source - Wilbert Mukori
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