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Edwin Mutuka
AS polling day approaches on Wednesday this week, a showdown is looming as contesting political parties are set to battle it out for the presidency, parliament and councillorship in a plebiscite whose outcome will largely hinge on the political history of candidates.According to the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (Zec) about 6,4 million out of 6,7 million people who are eligible and registered as voters will be expected to cast their ballots in the harmonised elections that are being held for the first time under a new home-grown constitution.
The figure represents about 93 percent of Zimbabwe’s eligible voters and places the country on fourth ranking out of 10 Sadc member states that held elections since 2009 in terms of the numbers of registered voters against eligible voters.
However, it is highly hoped that those registered to vote are going to exercise their constitutional right to choose candidates in the forthcoming watershed elections.
History will most likely be a deciding factor as to who will make it to State House come 31 July. While the race for the hot seat will indeed be open to both the light and the heavyweights, the real battle will obviously be centred between rivals Zanu-PF and MDC-T.
It is the objective of this article to weigh the possibility of each of the two parties winning the elections that are set to end the five-year inclusive government.
Zimbabweans will only have themselves to blame should they ignore the word of advice and vote for a party that does not recognise the gains of the independence of the country.
MDC-T, since its establishment in 1999 has remained defiant and stiff-necked in supporting the Government’s land reform programme which has successfully managed to empower hundreds of thousands of Zimbabweans farmers.
The western-sponsored political party also refuses to recognise the economic indigenisation programme which was designed by Zanu-PF led government to economically empower our own people.
MDC-T on the other hand believes blacks cannot run this country without the assistance of whites. Mr Tsvangirai is merely a puppet of the West that is being used to try and effect a regime change in Zimbabwe.
He is an opportunist and should thank his ancestors that at least he tasted Government during the inclusive government era. Otherwise the man, who is nothing but a tool of imperialism, should never be allowed to rule a sovereign Zimbabwean State.
Mr Tsvangirai has no clear-cut policies on how to run this country even if given the chance. He has continued to call for illegal sanctions against Zimbabwe yet he claims he would improve the employment situation when most of the industries in the country have shut down because of the trade embargo that was imposed on Zimbabwe with his blessings.
The people of Zimbabwe should not be fooled into voting for this sellout and agent of neocolonialism. MDC-T has on many occasions failed to please its white masters after attempting to use violence and restoring to the so-called “final push” in a bid to effect a regime change.
Mr Tsvangirai’s latest campaign gimmick when he appeared to have finally changed his mind about the liberation fighters of this country should not be taken seriously as he is only using dirty tactics to fool ordinary Zimbabweans. While addressing a campaign rally recently, Mr Tsvangirai said he recognised the role played by war veterans in liberating this country.
The mistakes that were made in 2008 should not be repeated this time around. There is every reason to vote for Zanu-PF in the elections just around the corner. Under a Zanu-PF government, thousands of villagers who occupied arid land during the colonial era were resettled on virgin fertile land where they are now engaged in massive, profitable farming.
Zanu-PF is a revolutionary party that has supported emancipation of black majority from colonial bondage that lasted for about 100 years. Zimbabwe is a product of intense Chimurengas which started way back during the Mbuya Nehanda era and spilled into the 19th century when the white settler was finally defeated.
Voting for Zanu-PF intensifies this revolutionary struggle and indeed sounds a warning to white imperialists to stay away from Zimbabwean issues. This legacy shall be passed on to future generations.
Indeed, 31 July provides an opportunity for the more than six million registered voters to vote for President Mugabe, a visionary leader and Pan Africanist whose stance against white racists has remained steadfast and unwavering. It is also a chance for them to vote for the various Zanu-PF candidates seeking election at parliamentary and municipal levels.
He is the man together with the late Vice-President Cde Joshua Nkomo, who fought hard to end the ethnic conflicts in the country.
The two great leaders came together and designed the Unity Accord on 22 December 1987 ending the civil disturbances that were threatening to tear the nation apart.
Recent reports by a South Africa television station, NCA reminding the world about the era of unrest in Zimbabwe are poisonous and meant to divide the people on tribal lines.
The people of Zimbabwe should remain united to defeat the enemy and vote peacefully for Zanu-PF to put our detractors to shame.
Online Reporter