By Terrence Mawawa| A former MDC aspiring Parliamentary candidate for Masvingo North Constituency, John Vincent Chikwari has sensationally claimed President Emmerson Mnangagwa and the ruling party Zanu PF will surreptitiously rig the 2018 polls.

Chikwari wrote on Facebook yesterday:
“You might think that elections weaken autocrats.

Think again. Elections can actually help despots
shore up their grip on power.

Holding flawed polls
can enable embattled governments to secure
access to valuable economic resources like
foreign aid, while reinvigorating the ruling party
and — in many cases — dividing the opposition.

Consequently, a number of authoritarian regimes
that appeared to be in their death throes have
used the ballot box to re-establish their political
dominance.

Mnangagwa is fully conscious of the fragmented state of the opposition and do not rule out massive electoral theft.”