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By Wilbert Mukori|The contemptuous arrogance of President Mnangagwa is soaring to new dizzying heights! “Mnangagwa says Zanu-PF is the only demo
cratic party! ” screamed the headline. “PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa yesterday thousands of ruling party supporters at a Zanu-PF youth convention in Gweru that Zanu-PF was the only democratic party in the country that allowed people to freely choose their candidates without any form of coercion,” said the report.
How many “democratic” parties in history does President Mnangagwa know of that have to resort to “a military assisted transition”, known to everyone else other that the Zanu PF coup plotters simply as a military coup, to remove its leader?
Zanu PF is using coercion to win these elections.
The party has paid the Chiefs their bribe, a new twin cab truck each, and the other traditional leaders to coerce rural voters to attend Zanu PF rallies and, ultimately, vote for the party.
It has deployed Chris Mutsvangwa’s rogue war veterans backed up by 5 000 Army personal to campaign for the party, reminding the populous that the violence that swept the nations in 2008 will return if Zanu PF should lose these elections.
Zanu PF is not using blatant violence this year, preferring to rely on its reputation as a party of ruthless thugs.
This is operation harvest fear! “Kurova imbwa wakaviga mupini! ” as the Shona would say.
President Mnangagwa and his coup putsch know their regime is illegitimate by virtue of having seized power unconstitutionally.
They had no choice but to promise to hold free, fair and credible elections (promising is one thing delivering is another) just to take the sting out of those who were going to demand action to be taken again the regime.
Using blatant violence would have been a dead give-away for one claiming the elections are free and fair.
There five basic reasons why Zanu PF has decided to put its thugs on even shorter leashes this year than in 2013:
1) The people were very pleased to see the back of Robert Mugabe and to be saved from the nightmare of having his erratic and scatter brain wife’s taking over; they hugged and kissed the coup plotters for the deliverance.
President Mnangagwa and his junta have milked their new found heroism for all its worth and hope this will propel them to electoral victory.
The truth is the people have a very short and selective memory; a serious fault with equally serious disastrous consequences. 🔗 Read Full Article
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