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Zanu-PF Primaries Day 2: The saga of electoral mismanagement continues!

What we have learned from two days of chaos, problems and issues internally within Zimbabwe African National Union – Patriotic Front (ZANU-PF). The state of the ruling party isn’t that strong, the ability to organize internal elections is not a good sign for the coming elections. Zanu-PF should feel humiliated and also get humble. Because they got big steps before the elections, if they want to deliver free and fair. Because they used state resources, they used methods of intimidation, the police, rowdy youths and others to create chaos. They didn’t have decent ballot boxes.

They used cardboard boxes for food or whatever, unsealed and ready vote in the elections. Therefore, who knows what could happen after within that tally and transmissions of these results will be put in questioned. No matter how trustworthy the Returning Officers or the Polling Officials are, because of the organization of it all. It can be put in jeopardy. The trust of the results, is not directly on the persons involved locally, but the system as a whole. Therefore, this is breaking the trust in the party, instead of making it stronger into the General Elections.

Zanu-PF should know how to do this, instead they are repeating 2013 and 2008. The Party just continue to play itself. Because they expect to get away with murder and no investigation of it. They expect that people will accept it and that the candidates are put-up for grabs in a farce, a side-show and the bingo competition compared to a real credible election. Even some candidates are missing on the ballots, meaning their part of the elections wasn’t there. They we’re put up to be elected, but on election day their nomination fell through. Clearly, there is rigging, looting and making sure the corrupt party stays corrupt. That is why the party uses state resources to hold these elections. No matter how un-serious and foolish it looks like!

This is not what the military would have anticipated when they could easily maybe change the central leadership, take out the Goblin and install President Emmerson Mnangagwa. Also been able to get the Vice-President Constantino Chiwenga. However, they have not taken out the rotten party system of cronyism, looting and desperation, that is lingering on. Long past the Mugabeisms have fled the scene. They are there and is visible in the cracks of a horrible internal elections. For someone following, it is a joyful occasion, even if its partly not.

Instead of showing progress, they are showing the same. Instead of building a party and showing the signs of improvement. They are showing more of the same, just adding a scarf and a militant VP. Like those can patch up the hurt. Also securing more fractions and internal squabbling ahead of the internal elections. Where accusations and rigging will be featured, where either G-40, Lacoste or whatever parts of the party will hinge on each other like wasps does sugar.

All of this isn’t shocking, but it’s disappointing that a party ruling for 37 years and onto its 38 are at this state. This careless, this ruthless and this blatant disregard for the people, the members and the ones they are supposed to represent. That is the visible sign from the Zanu-PF Central Committee should be is disarray and also disgusted by their own work. Unless, they are preoccupied with where to loot next and doesn’t look around.

ED Has My Vote Campaign, should hit a halt, the party should look into itself and if they want to be a serious contender with a fair elections later in the year. Then there needs miracles, because right now. The only thing this party is good at doing is planning military coups, not holding elections. Why do I say that, because its the President who has appointed the national Electoral Commission too. So that means same kind of cronies as internally in the party. That means the end-game might be same as seen the last two days. That is grim, that is dark and not a bright colorful masterpiece of perfect, however, its more cardboard and skirmishes. That is not an election, but a farce. Mnangagwa should shake his head and know he has pulled a Mugabe. Not a good look, unless he pulls his scarf around in it and squeeze, maybe then he would get another result. Peace.

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Zanu-PF Primaries: A sideshow of chaos, most postponed til tomorrow and most likely prepared rigging!

Many reports today has shown that the Zimbabwe African National Union – Patriotic Front (ZANU-PF) where not apparently ready for their Inner-Party or Primaries, as their logistics and their planning of the affairs didn’t go smooth. This was not as well-planned as the military coup in November, which went like clock-work. This was a farce, which we have seen by other liberation parties. Who thinks everything will work smooth, without any significant organization behind it.

There we’re many places ballot papers didn’t arrive, other candidates pulled out at certain races. There been open bribes at the polling stations and also thuggery as youths are wildly about in the lines of voters waiting to vote for candidates. All pictures, all video-clips released has shown the state of affairs.

This is showing weakness ahead of the general elections, as the ones running as candidates for the ruling party. Cannot even run their show and their own internal elections, how will the national be? Usually, when the ruling regime own election is marred with in-efficiencies. The state resources was at play like the Police to interfere within the elections.

Right now, the central leadership of Zanu-PF should be ashamed, that they had to postponed and we can wonder if they can deliver credible results, in a free and fair elections among themselves. So what can we expect on the upcoming elections, when the stakes are even higher?

Because would President Emmerson Mnangagwa and Vice President Constantino Chiwenga accept to be humiliated like this and lack of organization with the whole world to see. Have dozens of losses and also shown that cannot run an election after 38 years since liberation. That would be humiliating, under Mugabe didn’t need to care, he took the blame and carried the load of being the tyrant. But now the Zanu-PF will have to do it without him. He is in the Blue-Roof and scheming with National Patriotic Front (NPF), which is a new toy project.

So I have not focused on the areas of this one or of any of the favorable candidates of G-40 or any of the other fractions within the ruling party. Because, the issue is organizational and also institutional. The Zanu-PF isn’t running as smoothly as the President and the PR Machine want it to seem. Therefore, many areas with dense turnout, violence, intimidation and also bribery. None is sign of strength, commitment or even show any signs of progress. Instead, it is weakness and not what the international community wants to hear. That the Zanu-PF continues with the same old things, just a mere changes of guards and few scarfs.

We sill if tomorrow brings anything fresh, as the postponed elections, the results will trigger in and the reality will hit the ground. If they wanted something shown, then the reports would have been significantly different. However, they are not, they are in contrast of what the state wants to portray since November 2017. This is the mere fact, that the only changes was a few heads and more military involvement into the cabinet. But the Zanu-PF was more of the same.

Mnangagwa haven’t revolutionized or changed Zanu-PF. If the party had been changed, then this would have gone smoothed, the results been verified and the candidates ready. But its not, it’s the same thing again. Where the state resources and other things been put into play, so many questionable reports. Like who delivered the ballots and material, the lack of it and also intimidation. That is just the mere fix of looking bad at electioneering. Not sufficient delivery for a free and fair election.

So should we expect rigging tomorrow for the candidates and for the ones that is the heart of Mnangagwa and Chiwenga. If your thinking otherwise, then your naive. The Zanu-PF also handpicked the candidates, so the ones on the ballot are in favors and previous hot-shots. Therefore, its not young-blood, but also continued cronyism at play.

There will be chaos tomorrow, it will be hectic, but there will be results that favors the President in the end. Not only because its in his party, but that is how these games are rigged. In the favor of closest allies of junta. That is whats happening. Everything else is usually side-shows. Peace.

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