If next elections were free and fair (big IF), whoever offered to scarp amendment No. 3 would win! W Mukori

 IF NEXT ELECTIONS WERE FREE AND FAIR ZANU PF WOULD LOSE TO ANYONE SCRAPPING AMENDMENT No. 3!

Zanu PF is boxing the nation into a tight corner, the party is well known for doing this, and we should be smart enough to avoid this mouse trap! 

After 46 years of Zanu PF rigging elections and getting away with it because the party has been giving away a few gravy train seats to entice the opposition to participate no matter how flawed and illegal the process get. Unfortunately for the nation, opposition leaders like Chamisa has a pool of brain dead followers whom he was able to con again and again to participate in the flawed elections with idiotic lies. 

SMART POSITION

• - Demand the implementation of democratic reforms to ensure free, fair and credible elections. Rules are there for a purpose and it really is foolish to keep participating in flawed elections, “so flawed, so illegal, the only logical step is to withdraw”. 

• - MDC/CCC leaders have failed to get any reforms implemented in 26 years including the 5 GNI years because they are corrupt and incompetent. This does not mean we do not need the reforms; we need the reforms now as ever. Just because Tsvangirai & co. sold out does mean there is no one else who can implement the reforms; there are plenty of competent Zimbabweans; just need to create the right environment for them to emerge.

ZANU PF POSITION

• - Zanu PF created this dysfunction de facto one party state to consolidate its iron grip on power. Whilst party member may fight amongst themselves the are one when it comes to “Zanu PF will rule forever! Kusvika madonki amera nyanga!” The party thugs will never implement reforms to ensure free and fair elections, they will never reform themselves out of office. 

• - They will avoid any situation that might result in the party being forced to accept implementing reforms, as happened in the 2008 to 2013 GNU. This is why the party has wooed the opposition to participate with the few gravy train seats, POLAD, etc. and the mouse trap.

ZANU PF AMENDMENT MOUSE TRAP

• - Draw people’s attention away from rigged elections and demand for reforms by giving them something else to fight for instead - fight to stop Mnangagwa staying in power beyond 2028.

• - Spice up ED2030 Agenda by making sure it remains of the national agenda at all times.ED2030 has since morphed into Constitutional amendment No.3.

• - Spice up amendment No. 3 by addition even more provocative amendments such as extending the term limit of not just Mnangagwa but MPs, Senators and councillors, proposed MPs and senators will elect the president, etc. 

• - Spice up amendment No. 3 even more by proposing parliament alone will decide. There will be no referendum. Zanu PF has just blatantly rig 2023 elections and will have no problem rigging the referendum but the regime also knows that if the opposition should demand some reforms to clean up the process especially in the light of the rigged 2023 elections, the party will be in trouble. So the party is playing hard ball on the referendum to get the opposition and public to commit to the referendum completely.

• - Meanwhile Zanu PF is mobilising its party vote rigging machinery to prepare to rig the referendum whilst doing everything to disrupt the opposition.

• - Spring the trap, force the opposition to participate in the referendum and then elections knowing the process is “so flawed, so illegal, the only logical step is to withdraw” but cannot because it is too late!