A big setback to the democratic wish of the people of Zimbabwe has already taken place in that famished nation. It is not only painful to those who voted for change in the country but it is also a worrisome development in the Southern African nation. But it does not come as surprise to those who have been following the game plan adopted by Mugabe and his lieutenants since the conclusion of the March 29, 2008 election.
It is clear to the world that what Mugabe could not get from the ballot paper; he has successfully used his supporters- war veterans, police and soldiers and electoral agents to subvert the wish of the people.
Of course, it’s clear that if Mugabe had won the election, the results would have come almost immediately the votes were collated. But that he lost and being a bad loser with an eye still set on the presidential mansion, he has been keeping a disturbing silence while pursuing the opposition with hammer and chainsaw.
Now, even before the results are released by the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission, top ZANU-PF officials are already armed with the figures for Mugabe and Morgan Tsvangirai.
While they made the people to believe that it was not possible to get the results out at once, Mugabe and his lieutenants knew the outcome and were merely working on measures to scare the opposition and stay on.
The country’s UN Ambassador, Boniface Chidyausiku, was so convinced that Mugabe had lost to Tsvangirai that he proposed a unity government only for a ZANU-PF spokesman, Bright Matonga, to dismiss Tsvangirai as a sell-out.
The world can now see whose handwriting they are reading on Zimbabwe’s wall.
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