tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5937946029621043741.post4179394707552808210..comments2024-03-28T20:57:42.460-07:00Comments on Zimbabwe Light: Insanity is arguing Zanu PF not "reform themselves out of power" but will lose election they have just rigged! By N Garikai. Zimbabwe Lighthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16660690160173744190noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5937946029621043741.post-48808160588838871272017-03-04T12:56:18.600-08:002017-03-04T12:56:18.600-08:00“Tsvangirai invades Mugabe’s backyard,” screamed L...“Tsvangirai invades Mugabe’s backyard,” screamed Luke Tamborinyoka, Tsvangirai’s spokesman.<br /><br />This gives the impression that there are indeed no go areas for the opposition! The blundering incompetence of MDC it shocking!<br /> <br />“The opinion leaders proffered understandable skepticism on issues as opposition alliances and the prospect of a free, fair and credible elections,” you said.<br /><br />And sadly, Tsvangirai has had no reassuring answers on any of the issues. How typical. <br /><br />By the way Luke, no one is fooled by your spin on Tsvangirai’s failure to attract many people to his meetings. Calling the small audience “opinion leaders” gives the impression you have been very selective on who would attend when the reality is the exact opposition; we invited everyone but very few bothered to attend – proof MDC-T has lost popular public support.<br />Patrickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03002527980821483437noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5937946029621043741.post-33724689345177122802017-03-04T12:34:27.312-08:002017-03-04T12:34:27.312-08:00@ Gandanga
If you agree with her that the big pro...@ Gandanga<br /><br />If you agree with her that the big problem here is that President Mugabe has all the political power and financial finesse to rig the election and win regardless of what the electorate want these the solution must be and can only be to take away his undemocratic powers.<br /><br />“Don’t tell me political reforms,” you said. No wonder you are lost, you do not want to hear even what even you in your own shallow mindedness have been able to see as logical! Patrickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03002527980821483437noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5937946029621043741.post-57054569661984331342017-03-04T12:15:32.767-08:002017-03-04T12:15:32.767-08:00It is after listening to people like Nyambiya that...It is after listening to people like Nyambiya that one only begin to understand why we are in such a mess as a nation. Mugabe has been playing with a dice with six on all the six sides and for 37 years our friend has never noticed it. He is now asking the whole nation to bet they very lives of Mugabe failing to throw another six!Patrickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03002527980821483437noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5937946029621043741.post-90758846513617998552017-03-04T12:09:25.718-08:002017-03-04T12:09:25.718-08:00@ Nyambira]]
The real gimmick here is that you s...@ Nyambira]]<br /><br /><br />The real gimmick here is that you should fail to appreciate that Zanu PF has not been winning elections because the opposition is divided but because Zanu PF is able to rig the whole system.<br /><br />You have heard of playing with a loaded dice but what Mugabe is able to do is the equivalent of having a dice with six on all the six sides. Only a fool would bet on Mugabe failing to throw a six! After 37 years of being cheated, of Mugabe throwing a six and winning the elections it is sad that it has not yet occurred to you that Mugabe is rigging the vote! How is that possible, I do not know, but there it is!!! Patrickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03002527980821483437noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5937946029621043741.post-26504480258438365952017-03-04T11:57:43.054-08:002017-03-04T11:57:43.054-08:00Zanu PF's has the total control of every aspec...Zanu PF's has the total control of every aspect of the whole electoral process from start to finish because it has corrupted ZEC, the Police, Public Media, judiciary and the other State institutions, they are all working to stop regime change at all cost. These institutions do not care about the niceties of upholding the individual freedoms and delivering free and fair elections. <br /><br />And, to crown it all, Zanu PF has the war-chest of cash, mainly from billions of dollars looted from Marange diamonds, to bankroll all dirty vote rigging schemes. Meanwhile everyone else is facing really tough economic hardships; the opposition have no money to finance even the most basic election campaign and the electorate are so poor they are even more susceptible to the party's threats and vote-buying tactics. <br /><br />Mugabe has perfected his vote rigging scheme it is like playing dice with someone not just with a loaded dice but one with six on all the six sides! It is foolish to bet against him throwing anything else than a six! It is sheer madness to gamble not just one’s future but that of one’s family and the whole nation on Mugabe being allowed to rig the elections as he please and then expect the tyrant to lose! <br /><br />I agree with you, the opposition politicians contesting these elections are doing so for the sake of winning the few seats Mugabe gives away. They know Mugabe will get his landslide victory and they do not care that they are helping perpetuate the dictatorship. Tsvangirai and his MDC friends did not care about implementing the reforms during the GNU because Mugabe bribed them and as long as the tyrant throws a few gravy train seats for them, they will continue to contest in the elections no matter how flawed the process becomes. <br /><br />You are spot-on that the real lunatics are the ordinary people who continue to gamble everything even their very lives on the throw of a dice in which they know they are certain to lose but have yet to realise that no normal dice has six on all six sides! <br />Patrickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03002527980821483437noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5937946029621043741.post-13879943345393806982017-03-04T08:40:20.589-08:002017-03-04T08:40:20.589-08:00@ Nyambira
“However, as President Mugabe pursues...@ Nyambira<br /><br />“However, as President Mugabe pursues plans for his Dynasty the only way to stop his plans and to get out of this Crisis is for the Opposition Parties to come together and form a Grand Alliance fir the 2018 General Elections to challenge the Dominance of Zanu PF,” you tell us. <br /><br />This is a stupid argument we have all heard a thousand times in the last week alone from people who have run out of ideas and are now repeating the same stupid lie in the hope that a lie repeated often enough will gain currency! <br /><br />Darlington Nyambiya, do you accept that Zanu PF rigs elections? You should because there is a mountain of evidence out there saying that elections are rigged. The next thing we must do is establish the extend of the vote rigging.<br /><br />In the 2008 elections Morgan Tsvangirai polled 73% of the votes, by President Mugabe’s own admission, in the March election. ZEC were instructed to recount the votes and after six weeks announced that Tsvangirai had 47% and forcing the presidential run-off. Common sense will tell you ZEC are in Zanu PF’s pocket and cooked the result to suit Zanu PF. <br /><br />In the run-off, President Mugabe launched a military style Operation “Mavhotera papi!” (Whom did you vote for!) in which the electorate were harassed, beaten, raped and over 500 murdered as punishment for having voted for Tsvangirai in the March vote. Needless to say, the people voted as instructed and President Mugabe overhauled Tsvangirai’s 73% to win with a warping 85%. <br /><br />Zanu PF controls every State Institution including the Police, ZEC, Public Media, etc. and it unfettered access to state resources including billions of dollars looted from Marange to bankroll its vote rigging schemes. Zanu PF’s vote rigging powers are so great the party can overhaul their opponent’s popular support with ease as we have seen. Therefore, to ignore the facts on the ground of Zanu PG rigging elections and talk of the need for the opposition to unite as if they have been losing elections because the opposition vote is divided is downright stupid. <br /><br />Zimbabwe cannot afford another rigged elections and therefore needs to deal with the problem of vote rigging and stop bury our heads in the sand and pretend a united opposition will solve the problem!<br />Nomusa Garikaihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04964205157943684601noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5937946029621043741.post-5103681087137159562017-03-03T21:33:01.646-08:002017-03-03T21:33:01.646-08:00So Munyeza accepts that Zanu PF will never reform ...So Munyeza accepts that Zanu PF will never reform itself out of power, accepts that with no reforms in place the party will rig the vote just as it did in 2013 but, and here is where his insanity kicks in, he expects the party to go on and lose the 2018 elections! <br /><br />The solution here is obvious, we must stop contesting flawed elections and then expecting miracles to happen. We have a right to free and fair elections, it is not a privilege that Zanu PF can give to some and deny others, and we must demand it as such and never accept anything else. What better way of demanding our right than protesting and boycotting flawed elections!Nomusa Garikaihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04964205157943684601noreply@blogger.com