Tinashe Sambiri|The Zanu PF regime has conjured up a subtle ploy calculated to discourage citizens from registering to vote.
This was said by MDC Alliance Namibia in a statement on the current political crisis in Zimbabwe.
According to the MDC Alliance Namibia, Zanu PF has devised sinister ways meant to block urban voters from participating in the 2023 polls.
Read full statement below:
“Voting is your civic duty”,Mdc Alliance Namibia urges all social democrats across the globe to REGISTER to VOTE and CONSTITUTIONALLY DEFEND the VOTE.
27 April 2021
The arbitrary arrests, torture, gross misgovernance, intimidation, pre-trial detentions, illegal convictions and all forms of injustices are an attempt to suppress the vote and bring cynicism and disillusionment in the voters ahead of the 2023 harmonised elections.
The arrest of our pragmatic Youth Assembly Commander Obey ‘Luther’ Sithole yesterday outside the Magistrates Court is a clear sign of Zanupf’s panic ahead of the impending elections. Mdc Alliance Namibia is quite aware that the incessant illegal torture and imprisonment of our Youths and other leaders is a futile trial to discourage our people from fighting for comprehensive political and electoral reforms as a fulfilment of our smart #ReformAgenda aimed at creating an even political arena for credible, free and fair elections in 2023.
It is clear that the future of this nation is in the hands of Constitutional Democrats and the Youths through their revolutionary mandate to Register to vote in huge numbers to avert rigging. We encourage Mdc Alliance leaders and membership in and outside the country to work extraordinarily hard to recruit more supporters who will vote ninefold than in 2018 elections to decimate Zanupf electoral Shenanigans, and outcompete their rigging antics by having millions of the novel, enthusiastic voters hence defeating voter fatigue and apathy. We must register first, and then fight for political and electoral reforms. The banning of by-elections by Zanupf morons is a clear testimony that the clueless Zanupf has grown scared of a massive voter registration campaign because it will make rigging a mammoth task for these perpetual electoral fraudsters.
Our appeal to fellow Zimbabweans is for them to ‘please’,Go and Register to vote in order to halt senseless looting and corruption. Despite our diaspora vote being a non-negotiable right! We advise our membership to Go and Register in Zimbabwe whilst we are fighting for the Diaspora Vote. What Zimbabweans should know is that participating in elections is one of the key freedoms obtained from the liberation struggle therefore citizens must participate in the national discourse. Through the recently launched #OneMillionCampaign which targets more than one million virgin voters, we shall overcome voter suppression. Voter suppression is a strategy to influence the outcome of an election by discouraging or preventing people from exercising their right to vote through intimidation and torture.
Moreover, it must be crystal clear to social democrats that elections require considerable involvement by the sensitive and sane population,and it takes some time to develop the cultural habit of voting ,and the associated understanding of and confidence in the electoral process. Issues of class, ethnicity and race should not be allowed to negatively affect our voting patterns. Lets register in our astonishing numbers to win Zimbabwe for complete change. Mdc Alliance Namibia comprehends that there are cultural factors that affect us as voters such as : lack of trust in the satanic Zanupf government, the varied degrees of partisanship among the population, interest in politics and one’s belief in the efficacy of voting. We should trust our potential to defend the vote if rigged as usual. Social democrats must be dedicated and committed to democratically defend the will of the people.
Furthermore, genuine revolutionaries in Namibia are also cognisant of the reason why the Harare regime has targeted the vibrant youthful leaders such as Cde Makomborero Haruzivishe, Hon Joana Mamombe, Cde Cecilia ‘Chauya Chauya’ Chimbiri(Youth Vice-Chairperson), Youth Assembly Commander Obey’Luther’Sithole, Ngonidzashe Mafumba and many others who are languishing in prison for speaking truth to power. This is because of the demographic effect on the voter turnout. Older people tend to vote more than youths , so Zanupf wants to butcher, jail, intimidate, corrupt and instil fear in the youths to rig by suppressing the vote of the youths. They have already pressed the panic button upon seeing our #Agenda2021 which calls for more than one-million youths as virgin voters in 2023. It is a public secret that Zanupf had never won elections freely,fairly and credibly against the political behemoth (Mdc) since its inception in 1999.
Moreso, nationally conscious Zimbabweans should know that voting is often inconvenient, time-consuming and may even seem void however, it must be noted that voting is a very fundamental and integral part of any Constitutional Democracy. Citizens should show their appetite to vote for leaders to represent them, their ideas,and the leaders support the citizens’ social,political, religious and economic interests.
Here are our burning reasons why every Zimbabwean should Register to Vote in 2023:
1)Elections belong to the people- be part of the national discourse
2)Voting is a part of independence
3)Choosing not to vote is not rebellion, it’s surrender
4)If you don’t vote , you lose the right to complain
5)The world is run by those who show up
6)Talk is cheap, voting is free.
In a nutshell, Mdc Alliance Namibia urges all Zimbabweans to GO and REGISTER NOW! Voting is our civic right! Lets work to avoid voter fatigue which by definition is the apathy that the electorate can experience under certain circumstances, one being that they are required to vote too often without positive results.
Mdc Alliance Namibia
Rundu Branch Spokesperson
Robson Ruhanya
