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Because now the Movement for Democratic Change – Alliance (MDC Alliance) are under siege by the Zimbabwe Republican Police, who has put charges on 26 MDC Officials. This after the authorities ordered the army to quell demonstrations, which was fatal, the day after a shut-down of the streets and announcement of the Presidential Election. Finally, now mere days after making them criminal, as they are the arch enemy of the state for running against the ZANU-PF. Even as the Army had rifles and killed civilians demonstrating, still, they are roaming free; while the MDC is charged.
“Police confirmed arresting 26 suspected MDC Alliance officials yesterday following the violent clashes in Harare on Wednesday which injured several people after the army used live ammunition to break the ugly demonstrations against alleged bias by the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (Zec) and delays in the release of Monday poll results. At the same time, police said it had obtained a warrant to search for grenades, firearms, ammunition and computers at the MDC headquarters” (Fungi Kwaramba & Jeffrey Muvundusi – ‘Crackdown on opposion MDC leaders’ 04.08.2018 link: http://nehandaradio.com/2018/08/03/crackdown-on-opposion-mdc-leaders/).
If you feel the pain of innocent civilians dying and the opposition is being automatically put as suspects, even as the most easily seen suspects are the ones pulling out on the streets with guns. Which was the army and the soldiers, not the civilians demonstrating a sham election. However, to able to silence the population and also stops voices of reason; they have to charge the opposition and put them on trial.
That is what is happening and the formula isn’t new, this is a usual way of securing an illegitimate government. This is an ordinary post-election paradigm, especial after a fatal demonstrations, where the culprits is the ones sending the orders and being in charge, but putting the blame on the opposition instead. Who was unarmed and was just mere civilians. That is what is happening.
If the ZANU-PF thinks they are wise with this, they are not, they are playing themselves and making a mockery out of rule of law. Where they have the guns, where they have the power and where they are besieging the public space. The narrow space is freedom is disappearing and it happens fast. While the charges is going on the MDC Alliance offices has been raided and the proof of the idle ignorance of justice is appearing.
That ZANU-PF is illegitimate is in the acts of how they govern, if they were honest and truthful, they wouldn’t haven’t acted in this fashion. However, they appearance is more of Mugabeism’s than anything. Mnangagwa is filling his void and Operation Restore Legacy is to damage and destroy the opposition. Just like his master wanted too.
It isn’t beautiful, it is tragic and shows the disgraceful attempt of heist. Steal a republic and blame the other guy. That is what is happening, they are robbing the public and doing it by the barrel of the gun. If you think things better, you get wrong, the civil liberties will be violated and Mnangagwa will be the Supreme Overlord! Peace.




On reforming democracy, the international economist argued that citizens should have to take a test in order to vote.
DOHA, QATAR, August 3, 2018 – The bestselling author goes Head to Head with Mehdi Hasan at the Oxford Union:
In a far-reaching interview with Al Jazeera (AlJazeera.com) English’s Head to Head, Dambisa Moyo argued that there are major problems with Western democracy today.
“The notion that democracy is not a problem is mad, it’s crazy,” Moyo said.
Discussing why she believed liberal democracy was “under siege,” Moyo asserted that today’s populism “has its roots in economics”, describing how “real wages have come down…over the past 30 years, social mobility has declined” and “income inequality has widened.”
She blamed short-termist Western policies, such as farm subsidies in the US and Europe’s Common Agricultural Policy, for locking “out the goods that are produced in places like Africa and South America” which has led to “more impoverished people” and “fed into issues of political instability.”
A former Goldman Sachs banker, Moyo was asked whether the company had a particular role for the 2008 financial crisis, she said that it had “no special responsibility” for what took place and that “we all have to take responsibility”.
Goldman Sachs agreed to pay $5.1bn in fines in January 2016, following an investigation by the US Department of Justice for its role in the crisis.
On reforming democracy, the international economist argued that citizens should have to take a test in order to vote and that people must have a “good knowledge of what exactly we’re voting on” before being allowed to vote.
When she remarked how voter participation was at all-time low, presenter Mehdi Hasan responded by asking “so the idea is then you make it harder for them to vote by putting a test in front of them?”
In her new book; Edge of Chaos, Why Democracy is Failing to Deliver Economic Growth – and how to fix it, Dr Moyo proposes a system of weighted voting where some individuals have more voting power than others.
When defending her proposal, which presenter Mehdi Hasan suggested was elitist and would actually “help populism”, Moyo asserted that her idea was “based on participation, not on education” and that a degree of weighted voting already existed around the world.
Speaking about China and its economic model, Moyo commented how “over 300 million people have been moved out of poverty in 30 years” and that the West should be careful not to “point fingers” when commenting on the country’s democratic record which was on its own particular “path”.
Addressing a question on the benefits of China’s economic model, Moyo noted how Chinese politicians “don’t need to seduce today’s voter in order to remain in political office” in comparison to the US, where there is a “mismatch between long-term economic challenges and short-termism in the political system.”
Economist Dambisa Moyo first made waves with her book Dead Aid, which argued that rather than alleviating poverty in Africa, aid was actually preserving it. Asked whether she believed aid had had any beneficial effects, the economist described its “corrosive nature” on “democracy on the African continent.”
“We do want to be able to hold our governments accountable but we can’t do that if actually Oxfam is going to solve the health care problem, somebody else is going to solve education, how are we able to hold our governments accountable from a public policy stance if they are not the ones who are delivering these outcomes?”
The best-selling author argued that whilst she accepted that there have been “significant wins” across Africa, “the notion that those are because of aid…is wrong.”
Moyo pointed out that China has played a hugely significant role on the continent: “We’ve had China come in, there’s been significant investment…we’re able to trade with the Chinese, for better or for worse.”
Mehdi Hasan was joined in the discussion by a panel of experts: Ann Pettifor, economist and Author of The Production of Money; Jason Hickel, anthropologist at the University of London and author of The Divide: A brief Guide to global inequality and its solutions; and Jamie Whyte, research director at the Institute of Economic Affairs (IEA).
The interview is part of a brand new series of Head to Head, Mehdi Hasan’s hard-hitting discussion show on Al Jazeera English. Other guests were former Israeli Deputy Foreign Minister Danny Ayalon, former Trump campaign National Security Director J.D. Gordon, and feminist Germaine Greer.
Is it time to rethink Democracy? with Dambisa Moyo will be broadcast on Friday August 3rd at 20:00 GMT, and will be repeated on August 4th at 12.00 GMT, August 5th at 01.00 GMT and August 6th at 06.00 GMT.

Dear Honourable President Emmerson Mnangagwa!
I write to you today, because there is a need to do so. You know how it is when the Zimbos celebrate something. I am sure you remember the Solidarity March or the 2nd Independence Day on the 18th November 2018. When people together with the authorities celebrated the bloodless coup, where you and the Lacoste took power on the 15th November 2018.
Since then your been the man of hope and the future of Zimbabwe in a way. Even if you have the whole history and being a loyal cadre through the years under President Robert Mugabe. Still, people saw hope in you and your leadership. Because you let people demonstrate, you let people their freedoms and small, tiny bits of progress in the right directions. You haven’t had long time since November to do much. Neither do I believe you really tried, because you’re the old and entitled guard. Who expect to get it as it was done previously, that is why the elections have gone the way it did too.
So with yesterday’s announcement: “The result means Cde Mnangagwa won 50,8 percent of the total votes, while Mr Chamisa had 44,3 percent. The result satisfied the Constitutional requirement of 50 percent plus one vote for him to avoid a presidential run-off. “Now therefore, I Priscilla Makanyara Chigumba the chairperson of Zimbabwe Electoral Commission in terms of Section 110 (3)(f)(2) do hereby declare that the votes received by Emmerson Dambudzo Mnangagwa of Zanu-PF party are more than half the number of votes cast in the Presidential Election, therefore Emmerson Dambudzo Mnangagwa of Zanu-PF party is therefore duly declared elected President of the Republic of Zimbabwe with effect from August 3, 2018,” said Justice Chigumba” (The Herald – ‘ED Pfee with 51pc of the vote’ 03.08.2018).
Therefore, you have been announced the winner, as the party you rule also have the majority of the parliament. Meaning nothing changed with this election, nothing really significantly changed. None of the Solidarity March, none of the good public spirit. As you sent the army to the streets of the 1st August and on the second you blamed the Movement for Democratic Change (MDC). Just like you where the photocopy of Mugabe. He blamed Morgan Tsvangirai; you blame Nelson Chamisa, who knows the difference, right?
We know your party is jolly and full of confidence, when this is written in the Herald too:
“Ambassador Khaya Moyo said the victory could not have been delivered if it was not for the party’s listening President and his team. “Credit must go to the courageous, visionary and servant leadership of its President and First Secretary Cde ED Mnangagwa and the entire zanu-pf leadership at all levels including war veterans, ex-detainees, war collaborators and our versatile youth,” he said” (The Herald – ‘ZANU-PF salutes President for win’ 03.08.2018).
My issue Mr. President is this, if you really won, wouldn’t people be celebrating? Wouldn’t there be parties and marches like the ones in November 2017? Because right now it is utter silence and desperation. It is not a resounding victory and part of me, think you know it perfectly well too.
Because if you was confident and secure, you wouldn’t have had a total shutdown yesterday before the announcement of this. You wouldn’t have ordered the army to intimidate and secure silence. The army wouldn’t be out and about securing the victory, they would have secured the borders and not been in the streets. However, they were and that is the signal, which you knew what was up and did what you could to control it.
This elections have already been marred with problematic provisions, to the extent of different voter rolls, one used in the elections and one delivered to the parties, there been also a mismatch of voter-turnout in this regard. Now the crunching numbers by Civil Society and Stakeholders will take place, and certainly without a doubt. I am sure they will find some crucial issues with them, since the lack of transparency and lack of accountability, will come to the forefront again. While, also the real significant change of announcing the results two days before it was scheduled. Shows how rushed the numbers are for you and your party, as the others like MPs and Councillors was already out. Therefore, you cannot say that there was a level playing field, even a free and fair election. Since, you know, you know perfectly well, what occurred on your watch and you just ate it all, for the sense of another minute of power.
I wish we could see resembling forces like on the 18th November 2017, as the Victor would enjoy the bash and popular vote. However, with the use of arms and violence, with the use rhetoric and blame-game, that will not happen. That will not be real today, the sense of justified electorate and that the authorities listen to the people. Instead, they have done a hostile takeover and expect to get praise for doing so, that is just injustice in the purest form.
Mr. President, I wish I could have written you another letter, not this one. Because the Zimbos deserves better, they deserve a government that they truly elected and represent them. Not on that is hostile, sends the army at them and intimidate them. Than your not their representative, but their overlord. Is that who you are Emmerson Mnangagwa, the Overlord of Zimbabwe?
I just have to ask, because recent actions, show that you have the tendency… to resort to violence and killings… hope you made yourself proud, to crown yourself king, and made yourself the head of state. However, remember the crowds of November 2017?
They will not come for you, they are not yours to own, and they would have come for you; if they really had elected you. Peace.
Best Regards
Written by the Writer of Minbane,
3rd August 2018, Oslo.