Our rights have been stripped from us
April 2nd, 2005
I didn’t write a blog yesterday because I could not find the words to do so. How can you express the shock and horror that is felt by a whole nation? How do you explain that? Anger, bitterness, disbelief, dismay, sorrow – none of these words even come close.
It became very apparent early on Friday morning that the elections were a complete joke. Results were being withheld for hours without reason. Rural areas were not announced at all until much later in the day. I have spoken to many people over the past two days.
A friend commented to me this morning ‘how when the vote figure was over 20 000, were there only 20 people in the same area celebrating the result?’
Another friend told me she did not eat last night because she felt so ill.
Another phoned me crying when the result was announced for her constituency. ‘This cannot be. This is wrong. People in my area are not zanu pf. This is a lie’.
Another said, ‘how can this man not see that the people do not want him?’
Their stories all differ, but there is a common theme. The election has been stolen. Everyone can see it! Our rights have been stripped from us. Zimbabweans are still united, but now it is in anger!
