Free and fair elections: Sickening MDC formations’ mantra

introduction of the multi-currency system by Zanu-PF shortly before the inclusive Government. The MDC formations, themselves tools of the unethical illegal sanctions which the Anglo-Saxons use as an asymmetric economic strategy to oust Zanu-PF from power, have now seen that Zimbabwe’s economic future is bright.
Facts are there for everyone to see as tourists figures continue to rise. Investor confidence is slowly gaining momentum as investors from China, Russia, Germany, the United States and even the United Kingdom continue to see “reason” to do business with Zimbabwe regardless of the political insincerity demonstrated by the West and their surrogates — the MDC formations.
South Africa, the country that the MDC formations are telling that Zimbabwe’s political environment is not ripe for free and fair elections, sent in 35 business delegations to Zimbabwe on October 14 2012.
So, if the environment is not conducive for free and fair elections, how does it become favourable for investment? Recently, Minister Tapiwa Mashakada talked highly about the investment climate in Zimbabwe. He even said that time has come for Zimbabwe to be part of the BRICS, which should now be BRICSZ. So what’s the noise about the environment not being conducive for free and fair elections?
Many economic analysts and economists strongly believe and agree that there is a strong co-relationship between economic growth and political stability. No investor would want to invest in a country whose political environment is not stable.
No tourists would want to visit any places regardless of the scenic stature being of the world’s wonders, if that place has no political stability. The situation in Zimbabwe is conducive for both investment and holding of free and fair elections. It is only bad for those who claim to be representing democracy when instead they are advancing foreign interests.
MDC ministers have been of late sabotaging the Look East Policy and the steadily growing economy in order to  get recognition and funding. The MDC formations continue to rubbish land reform, black empowerment, indigenisation and any form of economic policy that seeks to liberate the majority from poverty.
Surprisingly, some academics such as Ibbo Mandaza, Rudo Gaidzanwa and John Makumbe, just to mention a few, speak passionately about Tendai Biti being Zimbabwe’s best finance minister ever.
How they come up with such shocking and treacherous conclusions leaves right-minded Zimbabweans shell-shocked. How can a person whose budget statement is littered with neo-liberal political adjectives; whose legacy is of failing to use loans granted to Zimbabwe by the IMF, failing to manage the distressed industry funds and leaving the civil servants, including Professor Rudo Gaidzanwa, in abject poverty, be called the best?
One really wonders whether such academics work in excellence or it’s a strategy of pleasing the donors in order to fatten their pockets with dirty money. Shame!
It is nauseating to note that these so-called excellent academics shower praises on Biti when the parliamentary budget committee says in the last budget it was not consulted. In many countries, academics form the nucleus of knowledge for sound policy formulation.
However, in Zimbabwe it seems very logical for academics such as those mentioned above to be the nucleons of treacherous political grandstanding.
One would think the country would leverage on these fine academics espousing national strategic papers usable for crafting sound policies. My word, they dare not do that; rather they would prefer to be merchants of political polarity. Some of these academics can easily be head talking about violence which they can only substantiate as happened in 2008. These are the people who are being used by the MDC formations as peddlers of falsehoods.
Yes, in 2008 there was violence, itself a sad happening and itself with roots heavily embedded in some local politicians and academics.
The question is for how long is the 2008 violence going to be a “thesis” topic at some institutions of higher learning? Violence is a bad animal perpetrated by two sides. In a mature society after this length of time people should be able to draw lessons learnt and use them productively for a better future as President Mugabe ever says.
It is shocking, sickening and disheartening to continuously hear the MDC formations talk about the environment in the country not conducive for free and fair elections. It is heartbreaking to hear that some academics sing the same songs as the MDC formations. Recently, Venezuela went for polls, sporadic bombs exploded and security forces were deployed to maintain peace and stability.
Like a mature society, the people in Venezuela including academics accepted the deployment of the security forces to guarantee human security during poll days. This also happened in Chile and Angola.
Surprisingly in Venezuela and Chile we never heard the call for foreigners to intervene. In Venezuela, the government warned the people that it would not tolerate perpetrators of violence. After the polls everybody accepted the result and there is peace in their country.
Fellow Zimbabweans, those who are complaining about an environment which is not free and fair for elections are those who have a culture of violence whenever they hold intra-party elections or celebrations. Those who want media reforms are the ones carrying sumptuous headlines in the Press and asymmetrically fighting cyber warfare against Zimbabwe.
These are people whose propaganda is heavily 24/7 by the international media. How then do they want a reform that only favours them? By the way, why do they not give the nation a benchmark of a violent-free election?
Remember in Zambia our good northern neighbour there were isolated violent activities, but Rupiah Banda accepted the results.
Someone needs to tell MDC-T spokesperson Douglas Mwonzora that running a law firm together with Paul Mangwana is different from managing millions of people of different political persuasions. Mwonzora needs to understand that people are deeply heartbroken with the illegal economic sanctions that were imposed at the behest of the MDC formations.
Economic sanctions are to some Zimbabweans worse than the violence that happens in the MDC intra-party activities. The sanctions have killed millions of people as a result of shortages of food, drugs, hospital facilities and unemployment. So Mwonzora, it is treacherous for a legal pundit like you to continuously rubbish Zimbabwe for the sake of your party and few academics lining their pockets.
It is a shame to hear (Mwonzora, Biti, Priscilla Misihairabwi-Mushonga and Professor Ncube) telling Lindiwe Zulu that Zimbabwe’s political environment is not conducive for free and fair elections. Are you not aware of the Marikana massacre, the xenophobic activities and the violent strikes raging on in South Africa? Are you not aware about the ministers who were chased by striking workers in Marikana?
How about the alleged harassment of Malema? As parties who claim to be democratic, don’t you think it’s time the country goes for polls to allow the electorate to use their power to decide who shall run and manage Zimbabwe? Unless the MDC formations want to import the skills and competence of violence as we see from the striking workers wielding sticks and machetes.
I do not see the wisdom of the MDCs wanting these guys to find a solution to MDC’s self-claimed problems which are similar to what they have failed to manage in Mzansi.
Issues of deception and falsehoods were clearly highlighted in my last instalment which I authored with J. C. Marasha. It is the same deception, falsehoods, inconsistency and lack of respect of other people’s views that the MDC formations are exhibiting in regards to a conducive environment for free and fair elections.
Mwonzora and the MDC formations have become skilful in telling lies; using their oratory art to sway people into believing their rhetoric hogwash. There is no country in the world that is as peaceful as Zimbabwe and yet these prophets of doom continue unashamedly to rubbish our great nation. People are therefore being warned to be watchful and critical of these peddlers of centurion lies whose objective is nothing less than regime change.
Panganai Kahuni is a political, socio-economic commentator.