There would be no crisis in Zimbabwe if expressed free wish of the electorate was honoured!

"Elections in Zimbabwe will not resolve the crisis," said James Muzondidya, research manager for the Zimbabwe Institute, which is a political advocacy organisation. On the contrary, elections will resolve the political crisis in the country. In fact there would be no crisis if after the elections the loser had accepted the verdict of the electorate. So the crisis started with Mugabe refusing to accept that he lost the elections and using violence to force the electorate to vote for him. Of course that is not acceptable and should have been rejected outright. SADC and more so MDC accept this nonsense thus compounding the situation. The winner-takes-all electoral system has its strengths, notable result in a strong government capable of making tough decisions. What Zimbabwe needs to get out of this mess is a just that – a decisive government. This is the first time I have heard anyone liken the GPA to a “cease fire agreement”. It was clear even before the parties signed the agreement that this was a one sided arrangement in which Mugabe retained all his dictatorial powers and MDC had no real political power. Tsvangirai was warned of this but, of course, he would not listen. He mind was set on being PM and nothing was going to stop him; not even the growing evidence that he would be nothing more than a glorified office-boy! If the GPA was a cease fire agreement then it was one in which the one with the weapons was allowed to continue firing and his defenceless opponents were to stop firing weapons he never had in the first place. The trouble with organisations like the Zimbabwe Institute, if James’ views above are indeed those of the Institute, is that they are trying to come up with theories to accommodate Mugabe’s erroneous position. As far as the Zimbabwe tyrant is concerned free and fair national elections are acceptable provided they never ever result in REGIME CHANGE. Mention regime change and Mugabe goes nuts! And so he should; he does not want the world to know the whole truth of the corruption and looting that has been going on and then there is the even more serious matter of thousands of innocent Zimbabweans his regime murdered. Still he must go; it is intolerable that after thirty years of this brutal dictatorship the nation have to suffer another day more whilst he hides from his sinful past. Mr Mugabe, the purpose of free and fair elections is to grant the electorate the opportunity, if they so wish, to effect regime change. What people like James are trying to rationalise Mugabe’s refusal ending up with this nonsensical theory offering both free and fair elections and no regime change! Zimbabweans want and deserve free and fair elections and have a right to have regime change, if that is their wish, period! And they will!