@ Opinion Since Mnangagwa took over power in a military coup last November he has made countless promises which today, one year on, are turning out to be nothing but a cocktail of lies. Zimbabweans it’s time to open our eyes and say enough is enough to this dispensation of lies. The time is now that we all say ENOUGH IS ENOUGH to this evil dispensation of lies! The people of Zimbabwe have yet to take their responsibility as citizens to hold those in power to account seriously. It is now clear that Mnangagwa rigged the recent elections and therefore he does not have the mandate to govern the country, he is illegitimate. It is for the people themselves to stand up and demand that he steps down so the nation can have free, fair and credible elections.
Zimbabwe is not going to have any meaningful economic recovery and political stability until we cure ourselves of this curse of rigged elections and pariah state.
THE crumbling Zimbabwean economy and all its problems has not deterred the affluent and monied folks in Harare from bringing in two more head-turning beasts of the road: a Mercedes-Maybach s650 and Rolls Royce Cullinan SUV have just landed at the Robert Gabriel Mugabe International Airport in Harare.
Zimbabwe have created the filthy rich ruling class and the filthy poor masses. Billions of dollars are being sucked from the nation to buy these expensive cars and watches, to build mansions and to pay for the expensive health trips abroad. This is money that should be have been invested in the country to build companies, to fund our own health services, etc. for the good of all Zimbabweans.
It is shocking how anyone would look for other things such as sanctions to blame for the country's growing poverty when the explanation is there before them - corruption and greedy. It is the filthy rich who have made the filthy poor!
“Some of the players are pretending to be very radical today but we know better and the MDC Alliance knows what’s on offer,” said George Charamba “There was an extraordinary amount of goodwill which they fluffed. One hopes that goodwill still subsists … but anyway, now that they have given that indication, let’s wait for the commission to make its recommendations and then move forward and see how this action pans out. But a key pre-condition is that there must be a recognition of ED as the winner of the 2018 elections … there are no two ways about that. “It was a forward looking agreement, but it appears that the MDC leader was interred with his vision that he had for this country… His youthful successor (Chamisa) did not realise that there were certain things that had been struck by the two leaders, which would have carried this nation forward, and forward in amity.” There is no doubt that the Motlanthe Commission will recommend that MDC Alliance accept and respect the principle of the separations of powers between the executive, legislature and the judiciary. The judiciary has made a pronouncement on Mnangagwa as the winner of the 30 July 2018 elections and Chamisa must accept that a given. The commission can have volumes of other recommendations but Zanu PF will just ignore them. MDC Alliance shot themselves in the foot by accepting to take part in the elections knowing that without reforms ZEC, Con-Court, Police, Army and all the other state institutions are Zanu PF operative in all but name. Having accepted that reality MDC have no choice but to live with its consequences which include accepting Con-Court pronouncement on who won the election. Will this change anything in Zimbabwe? The answer to that has to be a no, nothing will change. Zanu PF will remain in office and Zimbabwe will remain a pariah state ruled by corrupt and vote rigging thugs. Anyone who is anyone has already said Zanu PF rigged the elections and bringing in Chamisa into the regime will not change that fact!
“To illustrate the perfunctory nature of British foreign policy towards Zimbabwe, when she departed for her new mission, Laing appeared to take a swipe at Mnangagwa when she condemned the pre-election playing field as "not completely level". It was a remarkable shift, and indeed a strong warning to Harare that re-engagement with Britain, EU and the US was not coming anytime soon,” you say.
“Unfortunately, until the regime has heard the word "illegitimate'', it is business as usual. But, the West's experience with Mugabe has taught them to avoid the inflammatory repercussions associated with calling an unpredictable regime illegitimate.”
I agree, there is no need for the West to tell Mnangagwa that he and his regime are illegitimate to their faces when they are already done so using the more subtle diplomatic language such as the result “had numerous errors, lacked traceability, transparency and verifiability and thus the process failed to meet accepted international standards”.
But just to be 100% certain the regime got the message, the West backed investors and lenders have shied away from investing in Zimbabwe and thus depriving the country of the much needed foreign direct investment. Without the injection of foreign investment the Zimbabwe economy will never recover.
Mnangagwa rigged the elections and now he is learning that he cannot rig economic recovery too. Since the rigged 30 July 2018 elections the Zimbabwe economic has taken a turn for the worse as the country latched from one crisis into another. There are reports the country has only got one week’s supply of fuel!
Zimbabwe’s economic meltdown is socially, politically and morally unsustainable. If the regime does not accept peaceful change then it has opted for violent change because change in coming, one way or the other.
“It is the economy, stupid!” that will tell Mnangagwa he is illegitimate in a language that even he will not fail to understand!
Man, you clearly believe blacks are inferior to white and you so consumed by your own inferiority complex you would cut your own nose to spite your face! Just because the West have said the recent elections were not free, fair and credible you have to say the exact opposite just to maintain you anti-white position.
Just forget what the West said and tell us, would you say an election in which 3 million potential voters are denied the vote, where there in no free public media, no verified voters’ roll, etc. a free and fair election? The West are reporting about what happened on the ground, if you say that is not true then say so.
“Simukai you are singing for your super you think whites are superior continue dreaming,” you said! What a foolish thing to say!
“Interestingly for legitimacy to hold it should come from the west,” you say.
The West observed the election process and found glaring irregularities, the ZEC results “had numerous errors, lacked traceability, transparency and verifiability”, for example. It is these glaring irregularities that make the process illegal and the regime illegitimate and not what the West has said or done.
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@ Opinion
Since Mnangagwa took over power in a military coup last November he has made countless promises which today, one year on, are turning out to be nothing but a cocktail of lies.
Zimbabweans it’s time to open our eyes and say enough is enough to this dispensation of lies.
The time is now that we all say ENOUGH IS ENOUGH to this evil dispensation of lies!
The people of Zimbabwe have yet to take their responsibility as citizens to hold those in power to account seriously. It is now clear that Mnangagwa rigged the recent elections and therefore he does not have the mandate to govern the country, he is illegitimate. It is for the people themselves to stand up and demand that he steps down so the nation can have free, fair and credible elections.
Zimbabwe is not going to have any meaningful economic recovery and political stability until we cure ourselves of this curse of rigged elections and pariah state.
THE crumbling Zimbabwean economy and all its problems has not deterred the affluent and monied folks in Harare from bringing in two more head-turning beasts of the road: a Mercedes-Maybach s650 and Rolls Royce Cullinan SUV have just landed at the Robert Gabriel Mugabe International Airport in Harare.
Zimbabwe have created the filthy rich ruling class and the filthy poor masses. Billions of dollars are being sucked from the nation to buy these expensive cars and watches, to build mansions and to pay for the expensive health trips abroad. This is money that should be have been invested in the country to build companies, to fund our own health services, etc. for the good of all Zimbabweans.
It is shocking how anyone would look for other things such as sanctions to blame for the country's growing poverty when the explanation is there before them - corruption and greedy. It is the filthy rich who have made the filthy poor!
“Some of the players are pretending to be very radical today but we know better and the MDC Alliance knows what’s on offer,” said George Charamba
“There was an extraordinary amount of goodwill which they fluffed. One hopes that goodwill still subsists … but anyway, now that they have given that indication, let’s wait for the commission to make its recommendations and then move forward and see how this action pans out. But a key pre-condition is that there must be a recognition of ED as the winner of the 2018 elections … there are no two ways about that.
“It was a forward looking agreement, but it appears that the MDC leader was interred with his vision that he had for this country… His youthful successor (Chamisa) did not realise that there were certain things that had been struck by the two leaders, which would have carried this nation forward, and forward in amity.”
There is no doubt that the Motlanthe Commission will recommend that MDC Alliance accept and respect the principle of the separations of powers between the executive, legislature and the judiciary. The judiciary has made a pronouncement on Mnangagwa as the winner of the 30 July 2018 elections and Chamisa must accept that a given. The commission can have volumes of other recommendations but Zanu PF will just ignore them.
MDC Alliance shot themselves in the foot by accepting to take part in the elections knowing that without reforms ZEC, Con-Court, Police, Army and all the other state institutions are Zanu PF operative in all but name. Having accepted that reality MDC have no choice but to live with its consequences which include accepting Con-Court pronouncement on who won the election.
Will this change anything in Zimbabwe? The answer to that has to be a no, nothing will change. Zanu PF will remain in office and Zimbabwe will remain a pariah state ruled by corrupt and vote rigging thugs. Anyone who is anyone has already said Zanu PF rigged the elections and bringing in Chamisa into the regime will not change that fact!
@ Simukai Tinhu
“To illustrate the perfunctory nature of British foreign policy towards Zimbabwe, when she departed for her new mission, Laing appeared to take a swipe at Mnangagwa when she condemned the pre-election playing field as "not completely level". It was a remarkable shift, and indeed a strong warning to Harare that re-engagement with Britain, EU and the US was not coming anytime soon,” you say.
“Unfortunately, until the regime has heard the word "illegitimate'', it is business as usual. But, the West's experience with Mugabe has taught them to avoid the inflammatory repercussions associated with calling an unpredictable regime illegitimate.”
I agree, there is no need for the West to tell Mnangagwa that he and his regime are illegitimate to their faces when they are already done so using the more subtle diplomatic language such as the result “had numerous errors, lacked traceability, transparency and verifiability and thus the process failed to meet accepted international standards”.
But just to be 100% certain the regime got the message, the West backed investors and lenders have shied away from investing in Zimbabwe and thus depriving the country of the much needed foreign direct investment. Without the injection of foreign investment the Zimbabwe economy will never recover.
Mnangagwa rigged the elections and now he is learning that he cannot rig economic recovery too. Since the rigged 30 July 2018 elections the Zimbabwe economic has taken a turn for the worse as the country latched from one crisis into another. There are reports the country has only got one week’s supply of fuel!
Zimbabwe’s economic meltdown is socially, politically and morally unsustainable. If the regime does not accept peaceful change then it has opted for violent change because change in coming, one way or the other.
“It is the economy, stupid!” that will tell Mnangagwa he is illegitimate in a language that even he will not fail to understand!
@ David Dhivha
Man, you clearly believe blacks are inferior to white and you so consumed by your own inferiority complex you would cut your own nose to spite your face! Just because the West have said the recent elections were not free, fair and credible you have to say the exact opposite just to maintain you anti-white position.
Just forget what the West said and tell us, would you say an election in which 3 million potential voters are denied the vote, where there in no free public media, no verified voters’ roll, etc. a free and fair election? The West are reporting about what happened on the ground, if you say that is not true then say so.
“Simukai you are singing for your super you think whites are superior continue dreaming,” you said! What a foolish thing to say!
@Mkumbudzi
“Interestingly for legitimacy to hold it should come from the west,” you say.
The West observed the election process and found glaring irregularities, the ZEC results “had numerous errors, lacked traceability, transparency and verifiability”, for example. It is these glaring irregularities that make the process illegal and the regime illegitimate and not what the West has said or done.
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