"There is no doubt that
the elections are going to take place in the first half of next year. Time is,
therefore, of essence if we are going to put in place mechanisms that will help
us win the election," the ruling party's secretary for administration,
Ignatius Chombo told officials at a one-day workshop on voter education and
voter registration held at their headquarters last weekend.
"And for us as Zanu-PF, there is no other option, but to win this election by a margin that leaves no doubt that we are the dominant political party in this country."
"And for us as Zanu-PF, there is no other option, but to win this election by a margin that leaves no doubt that we are the dominant political party in this country."
With not even one democratic
reform in place there is nothing to stop Zanu PF rigging next year’s elections.
Nothing! As for whether the regime hold the election in the first half of next
year or latter; it is all academic. Zimbabwe could have had free and fair
elections if the reforms had been implemented, voter registration started
promptly soon after the last elections, etc. On the other hand, Zimbabwe will
still fail to release a verifiable voters’ roll, etc. even if elections are
held late next year.
"They think they are taking the opposition by surprise but then, they're fooling themselves,” was the wishful response from MDC-T spokesman, Obert Gutu.
"The MDC Alliance is now on board and we are on a roll. In fact, more opposition political parties will very soon be coming on board. Zanu-PF is finished; they are like a dead man walking," Gutu told the Daily News.
Everyone who is anyone agrees
that Zanu PF rigged the July 2013 elections. Tsvangirai and his MDC friends
were warned by SADC leaders not to contest the elections with no reforms
because Zanu PF was set to rig the vote.
“If you go into elections
next month, you are going to lose; the elections are done!” SADC leaders warned
MDC leaders in June 2013; according to Dr Ibbo Mandaza, who was there.
It was only after Zanu PF had
rigged the elections that Tsvangirai & co. acknowledged their folly and, to
make amends, vowed not to contest any future elections until the reforms are
implemented. Mugabe knew the opposition were just paying lip-service to
boycotting elections; the tyrant knew MDC sold-out on implementing reforms
during the GNU and he knew they would do so again.
When Zanu PF refused to
implement even one token democratic reforms, it was a rea killer-punch to
Tsvangirai and friends given their “No reform. No election!” party resolution.
But by offering a few gravy train seats to any opposition candidates who
contest the elections regardless the lack of reforms, Mugabe knew Tsvangirai
and friends will contest the elections.
Everyone in the know knows
that without reforms Zanu PF will rig next year’s elections with or without an
opposition grand coalition.
"We are also acutely aware of the fact that this vapid and rabid regime is arm-twisting the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (ZEC) so that they help the regime to rig the election,” continued Obert Gutu.
"We have gathered intelligence to the effect that the Zanu-PF regime might actually want to abandon the BVR (biometric voter registration) process."
"We are also acutely aware of the fact that this vapid and rabid regime is arm-twisting the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (ZEC) so that they help the regime to rig the election,” continued Obert Gutu.
"We have gathered intelligence to the effect that the Zanu-PF regime might actually want to abandon the BVR (biometric voter registration) process."
How naïve can one be! Unreformed
ZEC is in all but name a department of Zanu PF committed, above all, to ensure
there is no regime change.
Zanu PF has dragged the
process of buying the BVR kits and now with less than a year to voting day, the
voter registration has not even started. There is no doubt the regime has no
intention of releasing a verifiable voters’ roll for next year’s elections. The
regime stubbornly refused to release a verifiable voters’ roll at least one
month before voting day as is required by law and has refuse to do so to this
day. The voters’ roll was the smoking gun to many Zanu PF vote rigging activities
in the 2013 elections. History is set to repeat itself.
“If we go into elections next
year, we are going to lose; the elections are done!” to paraphrase SADC leaders’
June 2013 warning.
Ever since the country
attained her independence Zanu PF has rigged all the past elections. After 37
years of rigged elections it is insane to contest the flawed elections and
expect a different result. There is no excuse for anyone to participate in any
way in next year’s flawed elections; by participating people give the process
the modicum of credibility.
Both Zanu PF and MDC, Baal’s
army of priests, are determined to see next year’s election go ahead with no
reforms. The challenge is to make sure every Zimbabweans knows that the
elections will, once again, be rigged and they should have nothing to do with
the process other than continue their demand for reforms to be implemented
first.
SADC leaders are certain to
reject next year’s flawed elections as a shame and loud demands for reforms
before the elections will confirm to all the ordinary people did not approve of
the illegal elections.
If the elections go ahead
with no reforms in place and the elections are rigged; the political and
economic consequences of such an outcome will be disastrous for the nation.
This time we will not leave one single stone unturned in seeking out those who
dragged the nation into these flawed elections; the prophet Elijah had Baal
priests killed, we must make sure their political careers is terminated.
“Zanu PF is finished!”
boasted Obert Gutu, ignoring the warning of yet another rigged election. Well,
if Zanu PF is NOT finished, you and your opposition friends ARE finished!
@ Bulawayo 24
ReplyDelete"Analysts and a large cross-section of Zimbabweans have consistently said a united opposition, contesting as a single bloc in next year's elections, has a chance of ending Mugabe and Zanu-PF's political dominance," you said.
As long as there are no reforms in place and Zanu PF has a licence to rig the vote the party will rig and win the elections, with or without a viable opposition coalition. The coalition has just become a feeble excuse for the opposition to justify ignoring SADC's advice and their own "No reform. No election!" party resolutions!
“If you go into elections next month, you are going to lose; the elections are done!” SADC leaders warned MDC leaders in June 2013; according to Dr Ibbo Mandaza, who was there.
ReplyDeleteSADC’s advice is still true and even more valid today than it was in 2013. MDC leaders must know that by once again electing to contest flawed elections they are once again making a totally unnecessary gamble with the nation’s future.
“We have come up with our own new strategies which are smarter that we are going to use in wiring and wining the elections,” Gutu told New Zimbabwe.
“I think you are now hearing us talking about the wire trajectory, which is our new strategy, because obviously we are budgeting for the worst case scenario where the regime is not going to budge because very little in terms of reforms has been done and we will be fools to think that Zanu PF is going to give in.”
Well if your new “wire trajectory strategies” fail to stop Zanu PF rigging next year’s elections the wire will be used to hang you Gutu and your MDC friends!
Voter registration will start 4 September and end 30 th November, Mudede has announced.
ReplyDeleteThe regime has dragged its feet over the voter registration and now it is going to register 7 million (according to ZEC) in three months. Zanu PF is renowned for delaying things and then go through them at a breaking neck speed, deliberately mudding the waters, so there is no time to check what is happening. There is no doubt the regime is up to its usual dirty tricks again here.
Zanu PF knows exactly what it is doing and it has this election in the bag already and is now going through the motions to fool the naive and gullible. By participating we will only be giving the process the modicum of credibility. People must not both to register to vote because if the regime really want us to register it would have started the exercise a long time ago.
Zanu PF is “finished” because MDC have abandoned they calls for reforms and come up with a new strategy called “wire trajectory”.
ReplyDelete“We have come up with our own new strategies which are smarter that we are going to use in wiring and wining the elections,” Gutu told New Zimbabwe.
“I think you are now hearing us talking about the wire trajectory, which is our new strategy, because obviously we are budgeting for the worst case scenario where the regime is not going to budge because very little in terms of reforms has been done and we will be fools to think that Zanu PF is going to give in.”
After spending the last four years swearing that MDC will force Zanu PF “kicking and screaming”, according to Douglas Mwonzora, to implement reforms and all the Hoo-Haa with NERA and ZINERA; it has finally dawned on MDC that no reforms will ever be implemented.
Do not even ask what is going to happen to “No reform, no elections!” Tsvangirai & co. are incapable of keeping any pledge even when it was the most sensible one the party has ever made.
With not even one reform in place, the road is clear for Zanu PF to blatantly rig next year’s elections. “The elections are done!” I agree 100% and it will be sheer folly for Zimbabweans to have anything to do with such a sham election!
"Only fools will wait for poll reforms!" says Gutu.
ReplyDeleteNo, my idiotic friend, only a first-class fool like you will contest elections they know and have been warned repeatedly that they will be rigged, because there are no reforms to stop the rigging, time and time again and expect a different result!
“We have come up with our own new strategies which are smarter that we are going to use in wiring and wining the elections,” said Gutu.
What matters here is that MDC is going into next year's election with not even one reform in place. With no reforms, the road is clear for Zanu PF to blatantly rig the elections. The elections are done! It is sheer folly for any Zimbabwean to have anything to do with such a shamelessly undemocratic process!
I do not get it! Are these Heal Zimbabwe people telling the nation that we do not need to implement any democratic reforms now that they have launched their 13MillionVoicesforPeace?
ReplyDeleteAre we now, to believe next year's elections are going to be free, fair and credible?
We should be focused on demanding the implementation of democratic reforms to stop the vote rigging and culture of political violence once and once for all. Instead, ee are wasting time and treasure on playing football and pretend that we solve all our political problems.
If next year's elections are rigged, which is evidently going to happen, someone must investigate the true motive behind Heal Zimbabwe's good-for-nothing do-gooders, find out who is funding their time-wasting distraction, etc.
Heal Zimbabwe is not helping the nation get out of the hell-hole all they are doing is offer our people one sugar coated placebo, at best, after another when we should be taking the real medicine, bitter as it might be.