There may be something seriously wrong with this man. However, being a country’s leader, many still think that Robert Mugabe is well and kicking. But could this really be true?
How can a leader who is in his real sense sit over the result of an election concluded about a month ago? The most annoying thing about the election is that the results were computed and pasted at all the pooling centres for all to see. It is an open secret that the results are now being tampered with by Mugabe’s agents, who not only seized and kept them in their own custody but also on their own started ‘recounting’ when the results are not yet officially announced.
The question then, is who ordered the recount? For what purpose is the recount when the ZEC has said that it is too ‘risky to declare the results’? The United Kingdom and the U.S. have become very uncomfortable with the atrocious delay in releasing the vote outcome while some monitors have said the recount is a fraud.
One can understand the desperateness and despondency of Mugabe and his clique in their unholy bid to hang onto power even though staples like bread and maize have since disappeared from the table of the ordinary people they claim to be serving. The unfortunate thing however is that there is no history of anywhere in Africa or elsewhere in the world that any leader sat on election result and ordered a recount on his own term just to be declared winner.
From the way things are going, Mugabe may soon be declared winner by ZEC but he by this open manipulation unwittingly dented whatever is left of his image and further carved in as a despot not willing to quit when the ovation is still loud. This may be one victory that he may be ‘given’ but I doubt if he can engage in an open dance after the declaration. The best he can get from his generals and war veterans is a muffled applause that will not endure in any case. I bet him.
How can a leader who is in his real sense sit over the result of an election concluded about a month ago? The most annoying thing about the election is that the results were computed and pasted at all the pooling centres for all to see. It is an open secret that the results are now being tampered with by Mugabe’s agents, who not only seized and kept them in their own custody but also on their own started ‘recounting’ when the results are not yet officially announced.
The question then, is who ordered the recount? For what purpose is the recount when the ZEC has said that it is too ‘risky to declare the results’? The United Kingdom and the U.S. have become very uncomfortable with the atrocious delay in releasing the vote outcome while some monitors have said the recount is a fraud.
One can understand the desperateness and despondency of Mugabe and his clique in their unholy bid to hang onto power even though staples like bread and maize have since disappeared from the table of the ordinary people they claim to be serving. The unfortunate thing however is that there is no history of anywhere in Africa or elsewhere in the world that any leader sat on election result and ordered a recount on his own term just to be declared winner.
From the way things are going, Mugabe may soon be declared winner by ZEC but he by this open manipulation unwittingly dented whatever is left of his image and further carved in as a despot not willing to quit when the ovation is still loud. This may be one victory that he may be ‘given’ but I doubt if he can engage in an open dance after the declaration. The best he can get from his generals and war veterans is a muffled applause that will not endure in any case. I bet him.
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