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RDC: Leadership et Gouvernance pour le Developpment (LGD) – Communique de Presse No. 12 (15.12.2023)

Zimbabwe: The August House is a circus…

As the Speaker of Parliament, today I have exercised my powers and ejected Members of the CCC party from Parliament and barred them for the next 4 sittings for unparliamentary behaviour after they’ve caused disturbances during the swearing in ceremony of newly elected members” – Speaker Jacob FN Mudenda (14.12.2023).

All CCC members have been ejected from the August house after they sang during the swearing in ceremony of Mabvuku-Tafara MP Scott Sakupwanya and 8 other newly elected legislators.

Speaker of Parliament Jacob Mudenda has further barred those evicted from attending the next four sessions” (NewZimbabwe.com, 14.12.2023).

Today, the crocodile must be proud. He got his way and his handlers are dealing with the ramifications. The majority rule is back and the opposition is in the back-seat again. Just like the ZANU-PF wanted all along.

The ones believing that the CCC would have any chances in the Second Republic was naive. There was no reason to believe the regime would do things anything differently. They are just scheming and finding their ways to be ahead of the rest. The ruling regime don’t care how and by what means, as long as they have the Parliament and the Executive. The regime have all control and can order things directly from the Politburo of the Party. That’s how the comrades works and how the President wants it.

So today the CCC MPs dared to sing a song during the swearing-in of the new MPs after the recent by-elections. By-Elections that was rigged and made to ensure the weakening of the CCC party. The state had fixed it and secured the results ahead of time. The CCC had no chance to get sufficiently campaign or even roll out candidates. The regime used fake Secretary General to recall MPs and ensure the party lost in the Courts. Just so they can use severe tactics and ensure the demise of the CCC.

ZANU-PF gets to play around and mock the CCC. That’s what’s its doing and the CCC seems lost in space. The CCC needs to re-strategize and find another way. Because, it has worked along the lines of what the MDC-Alliance did and what the old MDC did. While that has worked to a certain extent, but here it’s failing into a trap and it has change quickly.

The recent CCC resolutions aren’t helping it either. They need to reconfigure and fast. Especially, if it want to be viable and be a real alternative. Chamisa and all the leaders of CCC needs to reevaluate the pros and cons of direct participation. Because, at the moment they are sitting ducks who is ready to be humbled by a vicious regime. They are just pawns awaiting their turn to be stripped of their stripes. Sooner or later the authorities could recall even further MPs and Councillors just to get majority wherever they feel like it.

Mnangagwa can just look at the chaos and be sober about it. He can grin and be giddy, because he knows that his getting his way. Chamisa seems hopeless and rudderless. Maybe Chamisa needs other advisors or even someone else at his ear. At the moment the party seems to go ahead to another futile enterprise.

The CCC has potential and so has opposition. They got to take a stance and at the moment. They are losing and never ever close to win anything of value. The ZANU-PF will take the seat and lead the way. Not because the ZANU-PF is righteous or deserving it, no, they just take it and live lavish on other people’s dime. Peace.

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Zimbabwe: Citizens’ Coalition for Change (CCC) – Statement on the Fraudulent By-Elections (10.12.2023)

Zimbabwe: Citizens’ Coalition for Change (CCC) – Statement on By-Elections (08.12.2023)

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Opinion: The fallen maverick called George Santos

It wasn’t long that George Santos got to represent the 3rd District of New York as a Representative in the House in Congress. Certainly he wasn’t there long enough to do anything substantial or critical for his constituents. We can now wonder, if that would really matter to him?

Well, Santos was a character and a fraud. An epic sort of fraudster that has lied about everything. His work and corporate experience, philanthropy, foundation, land-lord, musical-producer and Jewish heritage just to mention a few. This man has been willing to lie about it all.

Pinocchio isn’t even in the same league as the former congressman. No, Santos is so unique and has such a vast portfolio of deception. You can wonder if it triggers something in him and gives him the vibes. Like the lies are a way of making his legacy and life more interesting. While the grim reality of a former drag-queen and partaking in Ponzi-schemes wasn’t a good selling point to conservative voters in New York, I suppose.

Santos had a story to sell. That he saved cats, dogs and whatnot. He had a foundation and did good things. Alas, that wasn’t true either and it’s even reported that he stole puppies or dogs from one owner. Just so he could use them for his non-profit organization. There is just endless variety of shambolic behaviour. However, the Republican Party and the ones doing credible research before running him didn’t do their job. Maybe he was so convincing that they believed his word.

We surely know that his not as educated as he claimed. Neither was he as athletic as he also have said to the press. This man lied about everything. A man who couldn’t stop himself and used horrific events to get political capital. Using the 9/11 as a smokescreen to say his mother died in the terror attack. However, that wasn’t true.

Neither was it true that he had employees killed in a lone-wolf shooting of a gay-bar in Florida. Nevertheless, he claimed so. Just like said he was a landlord and produced a Spider-man musical. Therefore, nothing is out of the ordinary. Just ordinary big-man talk and he certainly captured the big fish.

In addition to all of that, he misused campaign funds on personal purchases. This was paying for a trip to Atlantic City. Him paying subscriptions on OnlyFans and getting Botox. He is also been found siphoning funds from donors and such. So, the long line of questionable behaviour isn’t stopping.

George Santos is expelled from Congress today. It took to long time and we know the GOP only did so because the donors and the rich benefactors told them time was up. They needed to get rid of him, if not they could possibly be hurting in other races in New York and loose the House. That’s what matters here. For the Republican party of today… the crimes, the fraud and the lies doesn’t really matter. It is the interests of having power and influence that matters the most to them. This is why it took over a year and still they needed Democratic Representatives to get enough votes to pull it off.

Santos is a weird man. A man of many seasons. A person who had himself into a laughingstock and lose all credibility. He practically lived on lives and hoped no one would catch on. That his actions and behaviour wouldn’t have consequences. However, it did and now we are here.

There will be by-election in the 3rd District of New York. Alas, Santos is now history. We can wonder what the true story of this man really is. Whatever it is… it will never be as colourful as his lies. Peace.