The signing GPA did not help avoid "conflict" it was stupid!

“Mugabe and long-time rival Morgan Tsvangirai formed a power-sharing government two years ago to avoid a descent into full-fledged conflict in the aftermath of a bloody presidential run-off election,” reported News Live. That is a myth not found on falsehoods!

If Tsvangirai had refused to enter into the power sharing arrangement Zimbabwe would have NEVER descended into conflict.

In 2008 Mugabe and his thugs had just orchestrated a ruthless campaign of terror, rape and murder to force the Zimbabwe people to ensure there would be no regime change. At the time the tyrant did not care what anybody else said about his electoral methods. He did after when the international refused to acknowledge his electoral victory as the legitimate. Even the AU Election Monitoring Team, known for declaring fraudulent elections a clean bill of health, could not do anything but condemn the Zimbabwe elections. None of Mugabe’s own follow dictators attended his swearing in ceremony; no doubt they too did not want their own nationals drawing parallels with the Zimbabwe tyrant!

With the whole world shunning after the sham elections Mugabe was as keen as mustard to recast himself as a statesman who would not hurt a fly. He disbanded his party thugs so quickly some were reportedly stranded far from their homes. The last thing on Mugabe’s mind was to continue the terror, etc. Against whom and to what end and purpose?

Tsvangirai has done some stupid things in his political career but signing the power sharing agreement with Mugabe was the rake-madness. It was the act of signing the agreement that gave Mugabe the legitimacy he was craving for. Indirectly, that also legitimized Mugabe’s acts of terror, rape and murder. No one with an sense of pride and principles would have done that, no one!

And Tsvangirai allowed Mugabe to enter State House through the back in return for what?! It was clear even before the agreement was signed that there would be no meaningful power sharing since Mugabe retained all the dictatorial powers. The America Ambassador to Zimbabwe at the time described the agreement as “full of hole”! Tsvangirai paid no heed to all advice not to enter into the agreement; his eyes were set on being Prime Minister.

Time has proved beyond all doubt just what disaster the GPA has been for Tsvangirai and the nation at large. No good was ever going to come out of keeping Mugabe in power with all his dictatorial powers.

Tsvangirai’s spin doctors, notably Professor John Makumbe, have span the yarn claiming Tsvangirai entered into the GPA to save the country from political violence. What nonsense! The violence stopped soon after 27 June 2008 when Mugabe was declared the “winner” of the sham election. The peace lasted throughout the negotiations but restarted again before the ink on the signed GPA had dried.

Tsvangirai’s spin doctors have had to work even harder on their yarn to cover up all the negative things that have been coming out ever since the signing the GPA!

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Mugabe can never win free elections and hence the mad rush to have elections before any democratic reforms in Police, Media, etc. can be pushed. Pushing through the reforms should have been Tsvangirai's top priority but sadly for two years he has done nothing. He was napping again as usual!

Tunisia is holding elections in July this year, six months after the demise of the country’s dictator. By end of the year Zimbabwe would have had over three years to hold fresh election. The political playing field will not be level but with Tsvangirai championing reforms; it is hard to see how that can ever happen; Mugabe is just too cunning for him!.