The root cause of Zimbabwe’s economic meltdown and political paralysis is the failure to remove Zanu PF from office even when it was clear the party was incompetent and corrupt. Zanu PF rigged the elections to stay in power regardless what the people wanted. The issue of whether these recent elections were free, fair and credible is therefore important.
If the elections were free, fair and credible then we have cracked it, we are no longer stuck with the Zanu PF regime. On the other hand if the elections were rigged then we are still stuck with Zanu PF and those we think we should just accept the outcome and move on are failing grasp the very essence of our problem – we stuck with Zanu PF and we will never “move on” until we stop the vote rigging!
The new president (Mnangagwa) is asking the whole country for help to secure the future and he has extended the hand of reconciliation to the opposition.
MDC Alliance seems to have turned its back on these initiatives and instead have continued to make the assertion that this was a ‘stolen' election and that Chamisa is the legitimate president.
It is not the MDC Alliance’s reaction that will decide the economic prosperity and political stability of Zimbabwe but the investors and lenders. Investors do not do business with vote rigging thugs. By rigging the elections, President Mnangagwa has just confirmed that Zimbabwe is a pariah state whose next regime change is another military coup or widespread political violence, citizen demanding an end to the mountain of economic hardships they are facing.
By Jeff Kurai Chakanyuka
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