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Why the Tshabangu saga marks the d3@th of democracy

December 9, 2023
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Why the Tshabangu saga marks the d3@th of democracy

1. Via his proxy, Tshabangu, ED has brazenly reconfigured Zim’s Parliament pursuant to attaining a two-thirds majority which will in turn act as a prelude to removing Presidential term limits & open doors to a tilt at life presidency.

2. In the same vein, he has turned elections into a routine sham, thereby totally delegitimising them as a tool to facilitate a democratic & constitutional change of govt.

3. It is a watershed moment. There is no sane Zimbabwean who will continue to retain faith in the power of elections to express the democratic and sovereign will of the people to deliver change after this charade.

4. There will be many who will lay the blame squarely on the shoulders of Zimbabwe’s beleaguered opposition leader, @nelsonchamisa & his party, @CCCZimbabwe for allowing this to happen but in essence, the reality is simply that they were literally outgunned & out manoeuvred by a desperately ruthless, determined & shameless opponent.

5. It is simply the case that ED is leaving no stone unturned in his quest for a life presidency, something that eluded his mentor, Robert Mugabe, & culminated in an ignominious end.

6. Even though this page and many other commentators have highlighted this for some time, the opposition appeared to have been caught unawares by the scale of the operation and breathtaking brazenness displayed.

7. They spent an inordinate amount of time exclusively pinning their hopes on a captured Judiciary – and that is the sole strategy they deployed – perhaps apart from behind-the-scenes diplomatic manoeuvring which failed to gain traction.

8. It follows that if it is accepted that the Judiciary is captured, then it equally follows that it does not have any bandwidth to deliver outcomes contrary to the regime’s core interests, such as destruction of the opposition and delivering a two-thirds majority in this instance.

9. Many argue that had the opposition registered independent candidates it would have thwarted the regime’s plans but that is downright naive & short-sighted.

10. The regime would have simply devised other plans, including using lawfare via ZEC to render those independent candidates ineligible, amongst other schemes.

11. Many in Zimbabwe are simply too slow to realise how desperate & determined ED is to achieve a life presidency.

12. Assuming the Presidency & reaching the pinnacle was the culmination of the pursuit of a lifelong dream, – something that he is determined to prolong as long as he can – and at all costs.

13. The Presidency gives him unfettered power & the capacity to use the trappings of power to deliver patronage, sideline & defenestrate his opponents & achieve complete immunity from his many indiscretions.

14. We are now at a point where he has virtually totally emasculated @nelsonchamisa and @CCCZimbabwe given that they are at the mercy of his proxy’s unrelenting political guillotine with the collusion of ZEC, Parliament & the Judiciary.

15. As argued in a previous post, the course of events could have perhaps been slight if not significantly altered had urgent attempts been made to mobilise opposition supporters early on in the crisis, at a time when there was still a lot of attention on the country, including by SADC.

16. It remains unclear why no such attempt has been made at any point, even when taking into account the ruthlessness of the regime & the likely brutality that would have followed such a course of action.

17. This has effectively left the opposition facing a political cul-de-sac/moment of reckoning. It’s now either a new political party or long delayed or is it avoided mobilisation & street protests? Inaction clearly won’t cut the mustard.

18. Whatever happens, it would appear that the opposition faces a long road to redemption & reorganisation. It will have to deal with the aftermath of crises of frustration, expectation & deliverance.

19. All hopes have been dashed in instalments. Supporters have bore the brunt of the regime’s persecutory antics, economic incompetence & subversion of democracy – so amply captured by the regime orchestrated foisting of a desperately tainted & scandal-ridden Pedzisai Sakupwanya into Parliament!

20. They would have been massively disappointed to be deprived of the opportunity to vent their discontent and massive disapproval of the regime’s antics – with many of them wailing & wallowing in despair at the thought of being condemned to what now seems like a life of perpetual servitude, suffering & toiling at the hands of ED’s exceptionally cruel & deeply selfish regime!

How Will The Tshabangu Saga Seal ED’s Fate?

a. By rendering democratic elections, accountability & independent state institutions obsolete, he will now be at the mercy of other plotters lying in the deep state to pounce at the slightest hint of weakness.

b. As he is now advancing in age, senility, gradual or steep deterioration in reservoirs of virility will arrive at some point as unavoidable detours on the way to the path to mortality.

c. As one’s destiny with mortality is unknown, it means that it is one of the few variables that he will be unable to conquer – with the caveat being that he has now entered the “zone of diminishing returns” – where each day brings him closer to it – which in turn threatens to leave his dependants & family members at the mercy of the vagaries of whatever political creature he leaves behind at that precise moment!

d. With the two-thirds Parliamentary majority as good as sealed, ED will now be forced to lay his political cards on the table as his next step, forcing him to unfurl his political sail & get his hands dirty to achieve amending the Constitution.

e. Therein lies his gravest danger! With his unpopularity within his own party laid bare via his previous electoral defeats & his 2018 & 2023 returns – hence his reliance on FAZ & parallel structures, he will be forced to directly confront & crush equally dangerous & well armed & connected political protagonists from his own party & state institutions & equally determined to wrest away power from him!

f. Just like we saw in 2013 when Bob thought outmanoeuvring Morgan Tsvangirai meant he had achieved life presidency, in reality, it meant that political uncertainty & convulsions shifted to his party as the long-delayed succession saga had finally been ushered onshore by a furious political tide.

g. It is an exercise in futility & an illusion for ED & those who form the core of his inner circle to believe that those who also have their political ambitions in ZANU PF & the deep state could ever welcome his tilt at life presidency, how he is projecting that power via the Cabinet he appointed and the monopoly he exercises over arbitrage opportunities!

Conclusion

What will seal ED’s fate is a moribund economy, a worthless currency, hyperinflation, over-taxation, formidable deep-state opponents who have got time and are equally determined and the sheer scale of the obstacles he faces in trying to remove presidential term limits coupled with his age and the spectre of mortality which looms large means that, as previously concluded, ED is politically overreaching and pursuing unrealistic goals which are highly unattainable and likely to end in ignominy!

It’s one thing to tame an opposition political party which does not enjoy the patronage of state institutions & quite another to overcome a foe feasting on the same advantages you are used to enjoying and determined to defeat life presidency and perhaps nursing a festering wound grounded in sentiments of betrayal and lack of gratitude!

Source Zimbabwe Situation

Tags: EDTshabangu

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