There will be no “credible, free and fair” elections in Zimbabwe under the Mnangagwa-Chiwenga imposed military dictatorship that is holding Zimbabweans hostage.
To expect the politically-insecure Emmerson Mnangagwa to preside over one is akin to expecting a thief who broke into your home, took possession of it at gunpoint and is holding you hostage to say he will protect your home from burglary.
Coup-plotters Emmerson Mnangagwa (C) and Gen. Constantino Chiwenga (R) are purging political opponents before elections.
The military dictatorship currently running Zimbabwe is illegitimate and has no constitutional mandate to govern. It also lacks the electoral mandate from the people. It is therefore within that context that any election conducted under an illegitimate system can neither be “credible” nor “fair” due to the manner by which that system came about.
In Zimbabwe, electoral rigging on a massive scale has been underway for some time and continues unabated through purges, threats and intimidation. The systematic targeted purges of political opponents and dissenters is a calculated strategy by Mnangagwa to both consolidate power and pave the way to run unchallenged in the up-coming 2018 General Election.
The illegitimate Mnangagwa’s military dictatorship to turn to Interpol to “hunt down” political opponents outside Zimbabwe. Credit: Interpol
Mnangagwa and Chiwenga in their Gandanga-style politics, are going after what they perceive to be political threats with a certain level of viciousness never witnessed before in Zimbabwean politics and under the guise of an anti-corruption campaign.
The targets, aside from being former government officials from the Mugabe Administration, they are largely members of the Generation 40 (G40), a faction of the now dead ZANU (PF) party or anyone thought to be associated with it.
Emmerson Mnangagwa’s military dictatorship is using purges, threats and violence against opponents and dissenters.
G40 is the progressive and reformist wing of the party led by a younger generation who challenged the prevailing status quo and the continued dominance of the party by political dinosaurs and career politicians like Mnangagwa.
For a man said to be skilled in covet operations and subversion, Mnangagwa is certainly not the sharpest tool in body politics. His Gandanga-style politics reliant on brutal force and coercion, intimidation and violence, has no place in a constitutional democracy like Zimbabwe.
Usurpers Emmerson Mnangagwa and General Constantino Chiwenga presided over the infamous Gukurahundi Massacres of the 80’s in Mateleleland.
The politically-insecure Mnangagwa knows there is no pathway to a Zimbabwean presidency for any politician or political party without winning the political resistance capital of the country that is Matabeleland province.
With so many odds stacked against him and his illegitimate military government, the only option to retain power is either through advance electoral rigging through purges, something which is already under way or, postponing the elections altogether, a path which appears to be the one currently being crafted in collaboration with the discredited, political opportunist MDC-T leader, the ailing Morgan Tsvangirai.
Coup-plotters Emmerson Mnangagwa (2nd-R) and General Constantino Chiwenga (R)with ailing MDC-T leader Morgan Tsvangirai discuss post-poning elections. Credit: Twitter
As it stands, there is no way Matabeleland or Gweru provinces can, in good conscience and knowingly, vote for a murderous Gukurahundist who presided over the Gukurahundi atrocities in the 1980s. Either way, Mnangagwa knows his chances of ever becoming the legitimate President of Zimbabwe are slim to none and as a vindictive and insecure man, he would rather crush and burn everyone who resists him.
However, what the partisan, state-controlled media and the international community are deliberately ignoring is the undisputed fact that Mnangagwa is an unelectable candidate who knows he will never win a Presidential Election in Zimbabwe even if it’s “free and fair” mainly because of his murderous past.
Professor Moyo on BBC’s Hard Talk on Wednesday, 10 January 2018.
To correct BBC HARDtalk and its host Zeinab Badawi, it is Emmerson Mnangagwa not Professor Jonathan Moyo who is the most hated person in Zimbabwe for many reasons and rightly so. Zimbabweans will ever vote into office a man who held a gun to their heads and then expects them to endorse and legitimize his usurped powers.
Apparently, his politics of vengeance and retribution driven by his vindictive nature has not endeared him to the people either. Zimbabwe will be able to have “credible, free and fair” elections once constitutional democracy has been restored with a civilian government at the helm.
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