It appears a united force among the ranks of the opposition will not be a reality after all in Zimbabwe. What a shame?
Opposition politics started to lose its plot when it began to pat itself on the back for a job well done. This was after the shakedown of 2000, when, in a record 8 months or less, a new and vibrant opposition party came and gave urban voters a sense of hope in new things to come.
The hope was kept steady again in 2004, and, while it began to teeter as the organisation reached its 6th year, people did not get to consider the real reasons behind the demise of the MDC.
A lot would be quick to blame ZANU PF for the breakdown in the party; above all, ZANU PF has infiltrators everywhere!
Right?
Wrong!
For when greed and avarice enters a "democratic" voice , echoes of dissention resonate so loud it becomes virtually impossible to make any form of order. The party derives its strength less on its capacity to hold its thing together, than in a display of outright power and inhouse squabbling.
A faction broke away from Tsvangirai after realizing his penchant for vetoing the constitution. The party can never speak of Unity again, because the same accusations arose once again late last year, and the party was rocked into running battles.
If only they knew how people are dying for change in the country. If only they knew that an opposition that is strong and united and in principle opposed to bad governance and disunity will win, then they would not wish to split votes the way they have done.
It will be ZANU PF , with its list of members right down to the last Cell. It will be ZANU PF, which reckons well the advice that you do not skin a skunk upwind or you will incur the wrath of your fellow villagers! It wil be ZANU PF, harbouring accusations of vote rigging, vote buying, call it what you will; that will win the elections in 2008.
Dont claim they would have rigged.
