"This election is going to be
bloodier than 2008, the makings of a horror election is there in front of us
for all to see," admitted the MDC Home Affairs Minister, Theresa Makone on
S W Radio Africa Hot Seat programme. This raises three questions:
a) MDC has been telling the people to vote
yes in the referendum based on the argument that there will be no violence. So
why has the party been lying to the people?
b) There were a raft of reforms agreed in
the GPA which would have ended Mugabe's dictatorial powers and freed
institutions like the Police and Judiciary to carryout their statutory duties
in a none partisan manner. Why were the reforms not carried out?
c) You now admit the violence will be
bloodier than 2008 because MDC failed to have the reforms implemented. The only
way to stop the elections going ahead now is if people vote no in the
referendum. Why is MDC not campaigning for a no vote in the referendum and save
the nation a "bloodier" election than 2008?
Ultimately it is the people themselves
who, in this case, will cast the deciding vote. Are the people going to still
vote yes and let the “bloodier” than 2008 elections go ahead? Or will they come
to their senses and vote no and save the nation the “horror” they can see with
their own eyes and is now within their own voting power to avoid?
3 comments:
@ Adam
This has nothing to do with NCA or what they stand for. If MDC had any common sense then they would be pushing for this. Any Zimbabwean regardless whether they will vote yes or no should be asking for more time for people to read what it is they are being asked to vote on. Look the nation is going to spend nearly US$ 100 million in this referendum the least we can do is at least make sure that the results are a true reflection of an informed electorate.
If the referendum goes ahead on the 16 March 2013 then we would have fooled no one than this was an honest attempt to get the people's point of view! It will only serve to underline that the dictatorship in Zimbabwe is alive and well!
"ZANU-PF is under siege. They are in a corner and this is a desperate act from a party that is losing power," Tsvangirai told the mourners at Christpower's funeral.
Well that is true, Mugabe is under siege and losing power but has not lost it yet. So how many other innocent lives is Tsvangirai going to sacrifice in his mad rush to seize power from Mugabe. If Tsvangirai had implemented the reforms Christpower would be alive today.
If people vote yes(which is what Tsvangirai is asking the people to do) and the elections then go ahead, there will be alot limbs will be broken and a lot more lives lost. A no vote will force the implementation of the reforms and save the nation the agonies of yet another bloody election. When is Tsvangirai going to put the lives of ordinary Zimbabweans above his own selfish ambitions of being president?
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