Mnangagwa is a buffoon, yet smart enough to know he can afford to lose amendment No. 3 but not power to rig elections. W Mukori

Zanu PF's propaganda machine has been burning the midnight oil to make sure that Constitutional Amendment No: 3 was the only item of the national agenda. Why?

Mnangagwa is a buffoon, a ruthless buffoon whose greed for absolute power and wealth is insatiable - there is a mountain of evidence to prove this. He is a buffoon but not altogether stupid; he knows that every second he is able to keep the nation's attention glued on amendment No. 3 is worth a day he is keeping them away from weighty matter of rigged elections. 

He would very much like amendment No. 3 to become law. Of course, he would love to remain President beyond 2028 to 2030. Who knows, he can even extend manage to extend his rule beyond 2030. He would willingly see amendment No. 3 thrown out of the door as long as he can be absolutely certain that Zanu PF, the party, retains its dictatorial powers and rigs the next elections and get away with it. 

A Zanu PF dictator, even his current main challenger, VP Chiwenga, is bad news but manageable. Chiwenga will never investigate Mnangagwa thoroughly for fear of dragging himself and many other Zanu PF chefs into the quick-sand of crimes. Some one else other than a Zanu PF thug will not have such inhibitions. 

The prospect of Zanu PF losing the next elections or being forced into a new GNU arrangement is simply unthinkable! Hence the reason why Mnangagwa will not allow the issue of rigged elections on the national agenda. And hence the reason why the nation must ignore amendment No. 3 as decoy, a distraction, and focus of ensuring next elections are either free and fair or the nation does not participate to give Zanu PF legitimacy!