SCRATCH the cub drew out the lioness, goes an African adage. Zimbabweans have done just that by peacefully going about their election business and endorsing President Mugabe and Zanu-PF on a scale not seen since the first harmonised elections in 1980. Indications are President Mugabe will sweep to power with a colossal margin as his party scores a two-thirds majority in the National Assembly. By delivering such a vote to President Mugabe, Zimbabweans scratched MDC-T and its backers who were praying for violence which is always their scapegoat whenever their mannequin Morgan Tsvangirai comes short at the polls. The absence of cases of violence has thrown MDC-T and its handlers off kilter which is why they precariously hang onto trying to attack the voters’ roll as if it is compiled at Zanu-PF headquarters. It should be stated from the outset that the Registrar-General of Voters’ Office falls under the Ministry of Home Affairs which was overseen by ministers drawn from Zanu-PF and MDC-T throughout the life of the inclusive Government. The Zimbabwe Electoral Commission is made up of commissioners chosen from lists submitted by the three parties in Government, Zanu-PF, MDC-T and the MDC; and even Commission chairperson Justice Rita Makarau was agreed on by the three parties in Government, with her appointment to the Commission being announced by none other than MDC-T leader Mr Morgan Tsvangirai, who was given the unofficial role of spokesperson for the principals after their weekly Monday meetings.
Posted on: Fri, 02 Aug 2013 17:11:46 +0000
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