tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5937946029621043741.post5482275455483666602..comments2024-03-28T20:57:42.460-07:00Comments on Zimbabwe Light: Mugwiji, Mugabe's rigging mastery cannot be compared to Gambia's Jammeh, an amateur By N GarikaiZimbabwe Lighthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16660690160173744190noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5937946029621043741.post-40595768712970328922016-12-12T08:50:35.968-08:002016-12-12T08:50:35.968-08:00What is happening in Gambia is tragic and it is te...What is happening in Gambia is tragic and it is testing the metal of the president-elect and the nation at large. Any sign of weakness on the part of president-elect as was shown by Morgan Tsvangirai is 2008 will only encourage Jammeh to drag the nation even deeper into the mess just as President Mugabe did.<br /><br />Every news paper, trade union, school, down to every village should all be coming out and condemning what Jammeh is doing. This is no time for political loyalty or niceties, this is about the respect for the rule of law and everyone must jump out and defend rule of law when it is threatened. The people of Gambia may soon learn that by failing to stand up and be counted in defense of rule of law they will pay dearly for it as the people of Zimbabwe are done.<br /><br />When President Mugabe took six weeks to recount 5 million votes in the March 2008 was testing to see what Tsvangirai and the people would do to stop this fragrant disregard of the rule of law. As each hour, day and week went by and both Tsvangirai and the people did not, President Mugabe became more bold and confident he would get out away with his lawlessness.<br /><br />After six weeks, he was absolutely certain he would get away with cooking up the election results and, worse still, the violent run-off he had lined up to follow.<br /><br />The nation paid dearly for having a corrupt and incompetent president-elect Tsvangirai and for doing nothing themselves to stop Mugabe excesses. The run-off that followed was one of the most violent election ever, President Mugabe and his thugs made no secret that they intended to punish the people for having voted for Tsvangirai and thus appropriately named the operation Operation Mavhora papi! (Operation whom did you vote for!)<br /><br />If the people of Gambia do not demonstrate their displeasure with what Jammeh is doing then he will think himself above the law and can therefore do as he pleases! Patrickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03002527980821483437noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5937946029621043741.post-53223453023011127532016-12-10T14:09:45.164-08:002016-12-10T14:09:45.164-08:00Jammeh has changed his mind, he now refuses to acc...Jammeh has changed his mind, he now refuses to accept the electoral defeat. What lesson are the opposition to learn from this, Mr Mugwiji?<br /><br />Where else in the world would the people be argued to accept blatant vote rigging. It is hard to accept those arguing this are interested in real democratic change or they are Zanu PF operatives pretending to be democrats! This will not be something beyond Zanu PF's usual modus operandi. Patrickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03002527980821483437noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5937946029621043741.post-90194655289121095412016-12-10T12:52:09.296-08:002016-12-10T12:52:09.296-08:00"At Tonhorai Primary School Polling Station i..."At Tonhorai Primary School Polling Station in Ward 20, Gift Mtetwa, a Zanu PF member was recording people's names after voting while at Shinja Primary School Polling Station in Shinja, Ward 6, Moses Matiha (Zanu PF Youth Chairperson) was writing people's names within a 150 metre radius from the polling station. In the previous day, Constance Manyika (Zanu PF Ward Political Commissar), Beauty Sakadzai (Zanu PF Chairwoman) and Moses forced people to assemble at the school's grounds to allocate them individuals to assist perceived opposition members to cast their ballots," said a Heal Zimbabwe Trust report.<br /><br />The trust said at Muusha Primary School Polling Station in ward 17, Takesure Musindo and David Musonda (all Zanu PF members) were writing down people's names outside the polling station while Chipo Taroyiwa did the same at Saurombe Business Centre Tent Polling Station in Ward 17.<br /><br />This is the political reality of vote rigging! How will building a coalition cure this? <br /><br />Our problem is not that we do not know what the problem is but that because we lack the guts to deal with the problem we spend our time and energy on trivial matters and hope the problem will go away. Mugabe has now turned vote rigging into such a complex and sophisticated operation he even if he had 20% of the vote he can still go on and win elections with whatever margin he wants! <br /><br />So instead of addressing the problem of vote rigging head-on some people are still taking of uniting the opposition, voter registration, etc.<br />Zimbabwe Lighthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16660690160173744190noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5937946029621043741.post-31621745265079050682016-12-10T12:17:48.741-08:002016-12-10T12:17:48.741-08:00Most of our war veterans including Mutsvangwa and ...Most of our war veterans including Mutsvangwa and his rogue war veterans, Mugabe and his Zanu PF thugs and Mujuru and her ZimPF friends, they are mercenaries in every sense of that word in that they never believed in the liberation of the common people, they fought the liberation war for a reward. They wanted to be the first class citizens of the independent nation just as the white colonialists were the first class citizens. <br /><br />When Mugabe asked Jabulani Sibanda, Security sector top brass and his Zanu PF ruling elite to join him in creating the de facto one-party cum one-man dictatorship these men and women did not hesitate for one minute because they all saw it as the vehicle to promote and protect their first class status in society. The whites did not hesitate to join Ian Smith is setting up and defending white colonial oppression for the same reason. <br /><br />People like Nelson Chamisa and Morgan Tsvangirai are out there actively encouraging Mahiya and the other rogue war veterans to join MDC. The party will see to it war veterans continue to enjoy their special treatment and rights including the right to force the populous to vote for X and not Y as long as MDC becomes the X. <br /><br />MDC leaders did not implement any democratic reforms during the GNU because they believed that Mugabe had accepted them into the exclusive club of first class citizen by virtue of their position as political leaders. To Tsvangirai the dictatorship was fine as long as he was in the ruling elite.<br /><br /><br />The rogue war veterans now want Mugabe to go but they do not want the dictatorship dismantled because they want to keep their first class citizenship claims. They want to keep the veto and be the ones with the decisive say on who rules Zimbabwe and who does not! They do not want free, fair and credible elections in Zimbabwe, period. We, the people, must now set our stall and demand free, fair and credible elections and make it abundantly clear that is not negotiable! <br />Zimbabwe Lighthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16660690160173744190noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5937946029621043741.post-37012888150742327122016-12-10T09:46:13.568-08:002016-12-10T09:46:13.568-08:00Moses Chamboko, I beg to differ with you there!
“...Moses Chamboko, I beg to differ with you there!<br /><br />“You cannot say in one breath that you support a coalition and, in the next breath, label potential partners as idiots,” you argued. <br /><br />Of course, you can say it! What you have failed to accept is that Tsvangirai has proven beyond all reasonable doubt that he is indeed an idiot. For Pete’s sake the man had five years to implement the democratic reforms that would have stopped Mugabe rigging elections not just in 2013 but for all time! Zimbabwe would not still be in this political mess if MDC had implemented the reforms. <br /><br />There is no other logical explanation why Tsvangirai and his MDC friends failed to implement even one reform during the GNU other than the obvious one – they are corrupt and incompetent. <br /><br />ZUNDE’s need to unite the opposition must not blind you from seeing the folly of including corrupt and incompetent individuals into that coalition much less have them as the centre piece! <br />Zimbabwe Lighthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16660690160173744190noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5937946029621043741.post-44862916535525816632016-12-10T08:00:57.315-08:002016-12-10T08:00:57.315-08:00The Gambian upstart has learnt a few dirty tricks ...The Gambian upstart has learnt a few dirty tricks at the feet of Africa's most prolific the vote rigging master, Mugabe. The upstart has gone back on his word to accept defeat. He has fired the election commissioners and God knows what he is going to do next. The idiot has now thrown Gambia into a period of uncertainty and chaos; only God knows how long it will last and what misery it will leave in its wake. <br /><br />Africa's failure to deal decisively when tyrant like Mugabe overstep the mark has emboldened every tyrant and amateur tyrant alike!<br /><br />How anyone can argue that we should allow a seasoned vote rigging tyrant like Mugabe to continue plying his trade and we the people must play along and hope against hope that he slips. How anyone can still hold on to such straws even now after 36 years of rigged elections, beggars belief! This is only coming from people who deep down have never believed that the right to free and fair elections is indeed a right. To people like Mugwiji free, fair and credible elections is not a birth right but a privilege, granted or denied at the whim of tyrants like Mugabe. <br /><br />My heart bleeds for Gambia! My heart bleeds for Zimbabwe. My heart bleeds for Africa. Zimbabwe Lighthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16660690160173744190noreply@blogger.com