tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4779437748296704455.post2209314988247128226..comments2024-03-28T20:57:54.874-07:00Comments on Zimbabwe Social Democrats: Zanu PF's electoral success is not due to ideology but freedom to rig elections. By W MukoriNomusa Garikaihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04964205157943684601noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4779437748296704455.post-53339737503678561702017-02-15T06:57:11.877-08:002017-02-15T06:57:11.877-08:00The nation's failure to see that free, fair an...The nation's failure to see that free, fair and credible elections is the key to ending this endless cycle of Zanu PF rigging elections and staying in power under the false pretence that it is there by popular wish of the people and it has the nation's mandate to carry on with the mismanagement, corruption and lawlessness! This nation has to wake-up to the reality that there will never be any meaningful economic recovery without a meaningful political change - that change will only come after implementing the democratic reform to allow free, fair and credible elections. There is no other way out. <br /><br />Tsvangirai and his MDC friends had the golden opportunity to implement the reforms during the GNU and wasted it because they are corrupt and incompetent. We still need to go back and implement the reform all this talk of building a grand coalition of the opposition is just a waste of time. Nomusa Garikaihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04964205157943684601noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4779437748296704455.post-38805117769322462452017-02-15T06:38:26.573-08:002017-02-15T06:38:26.573-08:00Obert Gutu said his party would not participate in...Obert Gutu said his party would not participate in any by-election until the government implements electoral reforms to level the political playing field.<br /><br />Obert Gutu must stop all this double Dutch nonsense and tell the people the truth! MDC-T has already said it is going to contest in the national elections next year and its party leader is criss-crossing the country trying to mobile the party faithful in preparation for the elections. The party has already admitted Zanu PF would not implement any reforms and yet MDC-T will contest the elections regardless. <br /><br />MDC-T contest the 2013 elections with no reforms in place because the party was after the few seats Zanu PF throw away to entice opposition parties to contest elections. MDC-T will contest next year for the same reason. <br /><br />MDC-T has not contested any by-elections because Zanu PF is not so generous during by-elections and, most important of all, the party is broke! The party has kept its shoe-string budget for national elections where it has some hope of winning the throw away seats. <br /><br />Mr Gutu knows fully well MDC-T is gearing to sell-out on “No reform, no elections!” for the sake of the bait seats Zanu PF is throwing away and he should stop talking nonsense.<br />Nomusa Garikaihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04964205157943684601noreply@blogger.com