“As we have explained before, both
Constitutional Amendments (No 1 and 2) Acts are unconstitutional and illegal,”
wrote Professor Arthur Mutambara.
“The three arms of the state (Executive,
Judiciary and Legislature) have been brought into unquestionable and
dishonourable disrepute by irresponsible, reckless and self-serving activities
of the junta.
“This is unacceptable.”
This is true but we must never ever forget
that Zimbabwe had golden chance to implement the democratic reforms to
dismantle the Zanu PF dictatorship during the 2008 to 2013 GNU. And we are
still stuck with the corrupt and tyrannical Zanu PF to this day because that
golden opportunity was wasted. It was none other than Arthur Mutambara, Deputy
Prime Minister in the GNU, and his fellow MDC friends failed to implement even
one reform in five years. Why?
I will tell you why. Mugabe bribed Mutambara
and company with the trappings of high office and, with their snouts in the
feeding trough, they forgot about the reforms.
They not only sold out on implementing
the democratic reforms during the GNU but have participated in flawed elections
knowing that doing so would give legitimacy to the vote rigging Zanu PF. They knew
Zanu PF was offering a few gravy train seats as a bribe and that they could not
resist.
Arthur Mutambara and company are gearing
to participate in the 2023 elections and all this posturing and grandstanding
against the two amendments is for one purpose and one purpose only to present
themselves as the champions of good governance and of the suffering masses. What
Zimbabweans should understand is that by participating in the flawed elections
the nation would once again give legitimacy to the vote rigging Zanu PF. How
anyone can argue that is in the national interest, good governance and will end
the suffering of the masses beggars belief!
It is clear Zanu PF will not implement
any democratic reforms before the 2023 elections. The regime’s vote rigging
juggernaut is already going through the gears. In September 2018 President
Mnangagwa promised to restore the right to vote of the 3 million Zimbabweans in
the diaspora stealth. He has done nothing about it. And so, 3 million compared
to 5 million who voted in 2018, 38% of the potential voters, will once again be
denied a vote.
In December last year ZEC announce the
commission was starting “a massive voter registration exercise”. One thing is
certain, there will be no verified voters’ roll for 2023 elections.
On Tuesday 25 May, President Mnangagwa
handed the keys of the first bunch of new twin-cab Isuzu Trucks to the Chiefs.
All 270 chiefs are going to receive the new trucks. This is nothing new, before
the 2018 elections the chiefs got new twin-cab Isuzu Truck, down payment for
campaigning for Zanu PF in the elections.
The cost of the twin-cab Isuzu Truck is
US$300 000 and total cost of the 270 is US$ 81 million. Small potato
considering the nation is losing US$1.2 billion per year from gold smuggling
alone. The smugglers and looters are the ones bankrolling the regime’s vote
rigging juggernaut.
It is clear as day that the Zanu PF has already
rigged the 2023 elections, long before the first ballot is cast. The regime is
counting on Mutambara, Chamisa, Biti and all the usual opposition opportunists
convince their naïve and gullible supporters to participate in the election
process and give the regime legitimacy. The party is dangling the usual few
gravy train seats and already the opposition camp is a bee-hive of activity.
“Mnangagwa has shown an extreme lack of
leadership - complete dereliction of duty,” continued Mutambara.
“In the midst of a global pandemic and economic meltdown, our country has been
plunged into meaningless political shenanigans and a constitutional malaise.”
Shut up! Zanu PF is still in power today
because MDC leaders failed to implement even one reform in five years of the
GNU. What leadership did you lot show then!
Mutambara, Chamisa, Biti and the rest in
the opposition will drag the nation into yet another flawed and illegal
election, give vote rigging Zanu PF legitimacy just for the sake of getting back
on the grave train. We cannot stop them participating but show them for whom
they really are - corrupt, incompetent and sell outs whose greed knows no
bounds. A totally discredited opposition!
Zanu PF is not going get legitimacy from
the participation in flawed 2023 election by a totally discredited opposition.
2 comments:
"The challenges are real. The corruption and economic policies of the Robert Mugabe era caused what I can only call economic devastation. The damage done then has left scars that have distorted the economy and still impact day-to-day business," Nichols said.
"While I am confident the economy is set to grow in the coming years, the key opportunity and risk for companies in Zimbabwe is tied up with one question: When will the government follow through with the bold reforms it has promised?"
"That question lies at the heart of Zimbabwe's economic future. That question also shapes the relationship between the US and the government of Zimbabwe.
Zanu PF will never implement even one token reform and risk losing power as long as the party knows it will get legitimacy by virtue of Zimbabwe’s corrupt and incompetent opposition participate in elections no matter how flawed and illegal the process happens to be. Zanu PF is dangling a bribe the opposition have found totally irresistible - a few gravy train seats plus a corresponding share of the annual Political Party Finance Act pay-out and, for the losing presidential candidates, a seat on President Mnangagwa’s very own POLAD.
If we are serious about getting the democratic reforms implemented, we really must start telling the corrupt, incompetent and sell-out opposition opportunists that we know what they are doing, it is wrong and we are sick and tired of their selling out!
The Americans and the West must stop treating these opportunists who continue to give legitimacy to the vote rigging Zanu PF whilst paying lip service to reforms like credible opposition. The opposition has been running with the hare and hunting with the hounds at the expense of the long suffering ordinary people. This cannot be allowed to continue unchecked!
People like Arthur Mutambara have proven that they are corrupt, incompetent and utterly useless. If Zimbabwe has a healthy and functioning democracy then the people of Zimbabwe would know by now that MDC leaders sold-out big time during the GNU and therefore it is insane to trust any such leaders.
MDC leaders failed to get even one reform implemented during the GNU and have since being selling the nation to nonsense about winning rigged elections. Sadly the naive and gullible electorate have swallowed the nonsense.
What the people have not realized is that MDC leaders were after the few gravy train seats Zanu PF is offering as bait. And, worst of all, the people have not realized that by participating in these flawed elections they are the ones giving the vote rigging Zanu PF legitimacy.
A naive and gullible electorate is Zimbabwe's worst curse and how to extricate ourselves from this is like pulling oneself up with one's shoe strings because both Zanu PF and MDC have an invested interest in keeping the electorate naive and gullible.
Arthur Mutambara and his MDC friends are desperate to get back on the gravy train and will use every trick to convince the naive to believe the MDC can win rigged elections! This is like showing someone the dodgy Head and Head coin Zanu PF is using and they still bet on the coin landing Tail! "Nhamo inenharo!" (The naive are foolish and stubbornly so!) as one would say in Shona!
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