“Zanu PF is using MDC Alliance's refusal to acknowledge Mnangagwa as the
winner (of the 30 July 2018 elections) to justify its "shoot to kill"
against the nation. (Zanu PF is punishing the whole nation for its own sin of
rigging the election) a case of collective punishment. As far as Zanu PF is
concerned it is "paying back the opposition in the hard coin they have
tossed us!" (quoting VP Chiwenga). This is the classical case of the
bad wolf, up stream, accusing the lamb of mudding the water!” argued Patrick
Guramatunhu in Bulawayo 24
Patrick is right, Zanu PF is the big, bad wolf, up stream, s***ting in
the water and then threaten the lambs down stream with death if they dared to
complain about it. Except in this case, we must never forget that we are human
beings, who have chosen to be as helpless as the lamb before the big bad wolf.
Yes, Zanu PF leaders have proven to be murderous thugs but we must never ever
forget that they are mortal human beings, just like the rest of us.
Zanu PF thugs have tormented us these last 38 years, denying us our
freedoms and basic rights and have abused their usurped power over us to make
our lives hell-on-earth! It is up to us to reclaim our rights and freedoms.
The right to a meaningful say in the governance of one’s country is a
fundamental human right enshrined in the UN Universal Declaration of Human
Rights, notably articles 1, 2, 3 and 21.
Article 1.
All human beings are born free and equal in dignity and rights. They are
endowed with reason and conscience and should act towards one another in a
spirit of brotherhood.
Article 2.
Everyone is entitled to all the rights and freedoms set forth in this
Declaration, without distinction of any kind, such as race, colour, sex,
language, religion, political or other opinion, national or social origin,
property, birth or other status. Furthermore, no distinction shall be made on
the basis of the political, jurisdictional or international status of the
country or territory to which a person belongs, whether it be independent,
trust, non-self-governing or under any other limitation of sovereignty.
Article 3.
Everyone has the right to life, liberty and security of person.
Article 21.
(1) Everyone has the
right to take part in the government of his country, directly or through freely
chosen representatives.
(2)
Everyone has the right of equal
access to public service in his country.
(3)
The will of the people shall be the basis of the authority of
government; this will shall be expressed in periodic and genuine elections
which shall be by universal and equal suffrage and shall be held by secret vote
or by equivalent free voting procedures.
Zanu PF rigged the 30 July 2018 elections (has done this for the last 38
years) and thus fragrantly violating article 21 above and, as usual, is abusing
state machinery to beat and even kill the people into submission.
38 years of Zanu PF misrule has destroyed the country’s economy,
unemployment has soared to dizzying heights of 90% and 75% of the populous now
live on US$1.00 or less a day. Zimbabwe’s poverty is killing people and the
need for good and accountable government has never been more urgent than
it is right now.
Zimbabweans have a hard choice; either they cow into submission like
lamb to the bad big wolf and allow vote rigging Zanu PF to misrule the country
and drag the nation even deeper into abject poverty, suffering and death. Or
they can stand up to the Zanu PF thugs like man to another man and demand that
the thugs respect the freedoms and rights of others and the rule of law.
For the last 38 years many Zimbabweans has elected to appease Zanu PF
thugs by pretending not to notice the blatant vote rigging by Zanu PF and
letting them enjoy the absolute power they were after. The people have done
this in the vain hope that Zanu PF will then leave the people alone. As we can
see, that did not happen. Each time the people gave the Zanu PF thugs an inch
they have taken a foot only to return again and again to take a yard, a mile,
etc.
Zanu PF’s hunger for absolute power and the political influence and
wealth it have brought to them is insatiable. Zimbabwe is the poorest nation in
Africa and yet the country has the richest ruling elite of earth! The 75% are
living in abject poverty because the national wealth that should have gone to
build the nation for the good of all has been creamed off to buy mansions,
fleet of posh cars, 45 gold watches, vast business empires, a lavish lifestyle,
etc. for the filthy rich few.
Appeasing Zanu PF thugs by letting them rig elections and rewarding them
with absolute power was a false choice because the lawless thugs have never
kept their end of the bargain to leave the people alone. The thugs have come
back again and again to demand more from the people. The people have nothing
and still the thugs are relentless in their demands.
The wolf and lamb will never live side by side as equals, that is just
nonsense!
Zanu PF thugs do NOT have the divine right to govern Zimbabwe, denying
the rest of the populous a meaningful say in the governance of the country;
that too is nonsense! Zanu PF thugs are human being, same as the rest of us;
not wolves amongst helpless lambs; and all of us are subject to the rule of
law, the same laws.
Zanu PF blatantly rigged the 30 July 2018 elections, denying the people
a meaningful free, fair and credible vote. The party must be held to account for
this treasonous act and not to be rewarding them by giving the keys to high
public office and absolute power.
Holding Zanu PF thugs to account for rigging the recent elections is not
just another option for this nation, it is the only option. Given the
seriousness of Zimbabwe’s economic and political situation the only option is
now a legal and moral obligation for us all.
So, what is our reply to the regime’s “shoot to kill!” policy? Simply
this: The country’s worsen economic meltdown is killing a hell lot more people
every day than the seven the regime shot dead on 1st August 2018. Simple
arithmetic proves we have more to fear from the worsen economic meltdown than
the regime’s trigger happy thugs!
Zimbabwe’s economic meltdown is socially, politically and morally
unsustainable.
ActionAid Zimbabwe Head of Programmes and Policy Toendepi Kamusewu said the major areas of concern where little has been done by politicians to fulfil their electoral promises is gender and health service delivery.
ReplyDeleteDoes this mean that Action Aid has accepted the recent election results as fait accompli because that is exactly what Zanu PF thugs would want us to do.
Zanu PF rigged the 30 July elections the regime must step down because it is illegitimate. The idea of sweeping the blatant vote rigging under the carpet is a foolish one, we have done this for the last 38 years and it has not worked. It is insane to keep trying it hoping for different result.
Zanu PF thugs are the nation's worst curse but a close second has to be these civic groups with their wishy-washy programmes that undermine the nation's fight for meaningful democratic change under the pretext they programmes are bring about the democratic changes the nation is dying for.
We have an illegitimate government and someone is wittering about "a motion to introduce an electoral promises tracking system meant to ensure that they deliver on the pledges". How foolish is that!!!!!