VOA|Nearly two years after the 2013-elections, characterized by some as a Zanu PF landslide, and others a farce, muddled politics in Zimbabwe have remained the order of the day, with ordinary Zimbabweans reeling from its impact.
Analysts have said Zimbabwe remains a threat to the region’s stability and security, and opposition parties and civil society organizations have called for urgent intervention from the regional body Southern African Development Community (SADC), and the continental Africa Union, both chaired by Zimbabwe President Robert Mugabe.
Citing the alleged abduction of Occupy Africa Unity Square leader, Itai Dzamara, Crisis in Zimbabwe Coalition said Mr. Mugabe had so far failed to address human rights violations in Zimbabwe and other nations.
But with MDC opposition parties boycotting elections in Zimbabwe, and newly emerging parties adding their voice to calls for electoral reforms, the question remains if Zimbabwe will avert its political challenges in the nearest future.
Movement for Democratic Change formation of Morgan Tsvangirai spokesman Obert Gutu said with the political climate at a standstill, nothing in Zimbabwe will move forward. He challenged the accusations that his party’s refusal to enter any elections until the government makes reforms, play to the advantage of Zanu PF, saying the move is to place pressure on Mr. Mugabe and his government.
“What we are simply doing as the MDC is to exert pressure from the illegitimate Zanu PF administration to ensure that at the end of the day, they will carry out electoral reforms that will even up the playing field,” said Gutu
Responding Zanu PF activist and political commentator Morris Ngwenya said the statements by the MDC and Gutu were mere rhetoric.
“How can you now talk of reforms when almost the similar conditions that prevailed in 2013, when they were trounced in the elections, they participated under the same circumstances,” said Ngwenya.
He added Zanu PF is under no pressure as the status quo remains and the ruling party is working on the economy under its economic empowerment program, ZimAsset.
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kkkkkk kana kutanga nevadiki vacho.Kana .Kana vamutadza ozouya kwaMagaya kudhara racho
You start a fight…no to debate…Mara Why….unota zwe jambanja?…………here,here…
The country is at a political stand still in that Zanu PF will never implement any meaningful reforms because MDC demanded them. MDC was supposed to have implement the reforms they keep talking about now during the GNU; there will be no reforms
You are too emotional for nothing.With people like you,Zimbabwe will go nowhere.Your brains give too much space for gabbage.Try cleansing it.Or maybe see Prophet Magaya.He will exorcise that demon of hatred
Under the prevailing conditions, it is intelligent people like you whom we need to show direction.Sadly people like you have the pride to stand in line to vote.So nothing changes.Zimbabweans are so dull that they are quick to tell each other of their intelligence, which is not a reality.The MDC never donated seats.The fact that you can not read and understand the sim[ple parliamentary statute about crossing floor means you are one of the dull people who believes in name calling.
Zimbabweans need people who do not dream to be educated yet there are not practical.Go to the Universities, people are obsessed with degrees.Ask them why? They tell you we will be bosses when things get fine.The question is who make things fine when you scold the brave ones who make mistakes but brave enough to face the brutal regime of Mugabe? Be real guys and offer practical solutions than mere name calling.Even people who used to comment have disappeared.They have been threatened and know that with ZANU,death is real.Only those who use pseudo names like you are still commenting on political issues, on the safe side of denigrating MDC.SO BRO, THE INTELLIGENT ONES ARE SEEN BY THE PEOPLE THEY CHANGE LIVES, NOT BY REBUKING OTHERS
MDC-T is lead by dull, directionless and clueless people!!…they have just donated seats to ZPF and they think the ruling party will be concerned if they boycott elections??!! Hany’a nani chidhoma chekwa Chivi!!
GOOD..THE REPLY IS FROM THE GRADE ZERO PUPIL…..STUPID CHITOVA…….
Zanu yakaora please! Even a grade 1 pupil will tell you the same.
MDC-T Party is a Party of corruption….all these now members in MDC-T Party were 90% employees of ZANU-PF….THEY PROMOTED CORRUPTION IN GOVERNMENT POSITIONS WHERE THE WERE ALLOCATED…TO SABOTAGE THE ZANU-PF GOVERNMENT…TO PROMOTE THEIR PUPPETS PARTY…..MDC-T IS A WELL GROOMED PARTY TO SABOTAGE ZANU-PF BY THE BUSH,TONY BLAIR ADMINSTRATIONS ….WHAT SURPRISES ME FROM MR OBERT GUTU IS HIS CLAMOURING ABOUT REFORMS…HE WAS IN GOVERNMENT FOR 5 YEARS FROM 2009 TO 2013 WHAT WERE DOING IN THAT GOVERNMENT?….IT MEANS YOU WERE A BUNCH OF IDIOTS IN THE INCLUSIVE GOVERNMENT WHILE ZANU-PF KNEW WHAT IT WAS DOING….YOU SAYING ZANU-PF MANIPULATED THE ELECTION RESULTS WHILE YOU WERE THERE..WHERE WERE YOU LOOKING?….BAKADZI CHETE………….