Opinion / Columnist
ZimRights accuse MDC-T of insincerity in election boycott - back in 2013 yes but not now!
13 May 2015 at 08:35hrs | Views
ZimRights Mashonaland West provincial chairman, Mr Takesure Musiiwa accuse MDC-T of insincerity in boycotting elections and demanding so-called electoral reforms now when the party co-authored the new Constitution.
"It is strange that MDC-T says they will not participate in elections until there are reforms when they participated in the process that brought about the Constitution," he said.
"The same people convinced Zimbabweans to vote "Yes" and now they say they cannot participate in elections until there are reforms." Mr Musiiwa said MDC-T got into a "comfort zone" when they entered into the inclusive Government.
Of course MDC-T were not sincere when they repeated assured the nation that the Copac constitution was a democratic one and that it would delivery free and fair elections. We all know that it is a weak and feeble constitution and that it failed to deliver free, fair and credible elections.
Mr Musiiwa is right to say MDC leaders were in their "comfort zone" during the GNU; they were so comfortable they forgot they were in the GNU, above all else, to implement the democratic reforms and draft a new democratic constitution. Indeed Mr Musiiwa is being very diplomatic; others like Mukanya Thomas Mapfumo was a lot more direct and accused MDC leaders of "selling-out".
We have to accept that the Copac constitution is a weak and feeble constitution, accept that raft of democratic reforms agreed in the 2008 GPA were not implemented, accept that the July 2013 elections were a mockery of what free, fair and credible elections should be and, most important of, accept that there will never be free and fair elections until we have a democratic constitution and have implemented all the reforms. We have to accept these because they are historic facts and realities.
If we accept that the Copac constitution is weak and feeble and all the other facts and realities above, surely it follows as day follows night that taking part in an elections process without a democratic constitution and no reforms is futile because those elections will be rigged guaranteed!
MDC-T, MDC-Renewal and MDC (Ncube) were not sincere in assuring the nation the July 2013 elections would be free and fair but they are being sincere now in calling for elections boycott until the necessary measures are taken to ensure the elections are free and fair.
Last month MDC-T produced a list of eight electoral demands they want Zanu PF to implement before they will call-off the elections boycott. The list is a watered down version of the original GPA list of reforms; MDC-T is once again not being sincere in assuring the nation that the implementation of its wishy-washy reforms would deliver free and fair elections.
MDC leaders are corrupt and incompetent, it is naïve to expect such individual to be sincere and honest about anything they say or do. MDC leaders betrayed the nation in failing to get even one democratic reform implemented throughout their five years in the GNU. They sold-out!
The one thing the nation can count on Tsvangirai, Biti, Ncube and the rest of the MDC leaders to do, given half the chance, is to sell-out again! So if the people of Zimbabwe elect MDC back into power again then one can only say the nation sincerely deserve to suffer!
"It is strange that MDC-T says they will not participate in elections until there are reforms when they participated in the process that brought about the Constitution," he said.
"The same people convinced Zimbabweans to vote "Yes" and now they say they cannot participate in elections until there are reforms." Mr Musiiwa said MDC-T got into a "comfort zone" when they entered into the inclusive Government.
Of course MDC-T were not sincere when they repeated assured the nation that the Copac constitution was a democratic one and that it would delivery free and fair elections. We all know that it is a weak and feeble constitution and that it failed to deliver free, fair and credible elections.
Mr Musiiwa is right to say MDC leaders were in their "comfort zone" during the GNU; they were so comfortable they forgot they were in the GNU, above all else, to implement the democratic reforms and draft a new democratic constitution. Indeed Mr Musiiwa is being very diplomatic; others like Mukanya Thomas Mapfumo was a lot more direct and accused MDC leaders of "selling-out".
We have to accept that the Copac constitution is a weak and feeble constitution, accept that raft of democratic reforms agreed in the 2008 GPA were not implemented, accept that the July 2013 elections were a mockery of what free, fair and credible elections should be and, most important of, accept that there will never be free and fair elections until we have a democratic constitution and have implemented all the reforms. We have to accept these because they are historic facts and realities.
If we accept that the Copac constitution is weak and feeble and all the other facts and realities above, surely it follows as day follows night that taking part in an elections process without a democratic constitution and no reforms is futile because those elections will be rigged guaranteed!
MDC-T, MDC-Renewal and MDC (Ncube) were not sincere in assuring the nation the July 2013 elections would be free and fair but they are being sincere now in calling for elections boycott until the necessary measures are taken to ensure the elections are free and fair.
Last month MDC-T produced a list of eight electoral demands they want Zanu PF to implement before they will call-off the elections boycott. The list is a watered down version of the original GPA list of reforms; MDC-T is once again not being sincere in assuring the nation that the implementation of its wishy-washy reforms would deliver free and fair elections.
MDC leaders are corrupt and incompetent, it is naïve to expect such individual to be sincere and honest about anything they say or do. MDC leaders betrayed the nation in failing to get even one democratic reform implemented throughout their five years in the GNU. They sold-out!
The one thing the nation can count on Tsvangirai, Biti, Ncube and the rest of the MDC leaders to do, given half the chance, is to sell-out again! So if the people of Zimbabwe elect MDC back into power again then one can only say the nation sincerely deserve to suffer!
Source - Wilbert Mukori
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