Comments on: A closer look at by-elections in Zimbabwe http://www.sokwanele.com/thisiszimbabwe/archives/4465 This is Zimbabwe is Sokwanele's pro-democracy activist blog. It provides grassroots news and views from Zimbabwe. Wed, 08 Feb 2012 04:20:08 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1 By: skills http://www.sokwanele.com/thisiszimbabwe/archives/4465/comment-page-1#comment-274261 skills Wed, 29 Jul 2009 13:10:11 +0000 http://www.sokwanele.com/thisiszimbabwe/?p=4465#comment-274261 Where is MDC while all this is happening,I think its high time Tsvangirai and his team wake up and smell the cofee,can't they see that this is a planned thing with ZANU PF.Sooner or later MDC is going to be vanished.Pliz mwana wevhu rise up!We are tired of mugabe and his allies.<div class="comment-remix-meta"><a href="#" class="replyto" onclick="replyto('274261','skills'); return false;">Reply to this comment</a> --- <a href="#" class="quote" onclick="quote('274261','skills','Where is MDC while all this is happening,I think its high time Tsvangirai and his team wake up and smell the cofee,can\'t they see that this is a planned thing with ZANU PF.Sooner or later MDC is going to be vanished.Pliz mwana wevhu rise up!We are tired of mugabe and his allies.'); return false;">Quote from this comment</a></div> Where is MDC while all this is happening,I think its high time Tsvangirai and his team wake up and smell the cofee,can’t they see that this is a planned thing with ZANU PF.Sooner or later MDC is going to be vanished.Pliz mwana wevhu rise up!We are tired of mugabe and his allies.
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]]> By: Davies http://www.sokwanele.com/thisiszimbabwe/archives/4465/comment-page-1#comment-274256 Davies Tue, 28 Jul 2009 07:28:41 +0000 http://www.sokwanele.com/thisiszimbabwe/?p=4465#comment-274256 Mr Edotor, Sir, I still need to understand this one thing; could this be a true thing that MDC Mps being tried for abuse of subsidised farming inputs and abductions/kidnapping are more than the Zanu PF ones...? Some truth is bieng concealed somewhere..all i know is the Creator of heavens and earth is sees everything.<div class="comment-remix-meta"><a href="#" class="replyto" onclick="replyto('274256','Davies'); return false;">Reply to this comment</a> --- <a href="#" class="quote" onclick="quote('274256','Davies','Mr Edotor, Sir, I still need to understand this one thing; could this be a true thing that MDC Mps being tried for abuse of subsidised farming inputs and abductions\/kidnapping are more than the Zanu PF ones...? Some truth is bieng concealed somewhere..all i know is the Creator of heavens and earth is sees everything.'); return false;">Quote from this comment</a></div> Mr Edotor, Sir, I still need to understand this one thing; could this be a true thing that MDC Mps being tried for abuse of subsidised farming inputs and abductions/kidnapping are more than the Zanu PF ones…? Some truth is bieng concealed somewhere..all i know is the Creator of heavens and earth is sees everything.
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]]> By: Anonymous http://www.sokwanele.com/thisiszimbabwe/archives/4465/comment-page-1#comment-274253 Anonymous Mon, 27 Jul 2009 14:35:29 +0000 http://www.sokwanele.com/thisiszimbabwe/?p=4465#comment-274253 The moment aid stops the people die. tha will not in any way afeect the desensitised and insensitive President who will most probablyy blae it on the west. If i was an aid provider, I would turn a blind eye to the politics, and for the sake of saving lives, I would provide aid to tttthose who need it.<div class="comment-remix-meta"><a href="#" class="replyto" onclick="replyto('274253','Anonymous'); return false;">Reply to this comment</a> --- <a href="#" class="quote" onclick="quote('274253','Anonymous','The moment aid stops the people die. tha will not in any way afeect the desensitised and insensitive President who will most probablyy blae it on the west. If i was an aid provider, I would turn a blind eye to the politics, and for the sake of saving lives, I would provide aid to tttthose who need it.'); return false;">Quote from this comment</a></div> The moment aid stops the people die. tha will not in any way afeect the desensitised and insensitive President who will most probablyy blae it on the west. If i was an aid provider, I would turn a blind eye to the politics, and for the sake of saving lives, I would provide aid to tttthose who need it.
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]]> By: True Grit http://www.sokwanele.com/thisiszimbabwe/archives/4465/comment-page-1#comment-274251 True Grit Sun, 26 Jul 2009 17:04:22 +0000 http://www.sokwanele.com/thisiszimbabwe/?p=4465#comment-274251 @Sokwanele Many thanks for your clear explanation. It is indeed a trying time for Opposition members. As you say, a critical issue.<div class="comment-remix-meta"><a href="#" class="replyto" onclick="replyto('274251','True Grit'); return false;">Reply to this comment</a> --- <a href="#" class="quote" onclick="quote('274251','True Grit','@Sokwanele\r\n\r\nMany thanks for your clear explanation. It is indeed a trying time for Opposition members. As you say, a critical issue.'); return false;">Quote from this comment</a></div> @Sokwanele

Many thanks for your clear explanation. It is indeed a trying time for Opposition members. As you say, a critical issue.

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]]> By: Sokwanele http://www.sokwanele.com/thisiszimbabwe/archives/4465/comment-page-1#comment-274250 Sokwanele Sun, 26 Jul 2009 14:29:58 +0000 http://www.sokwanele.com/thisiszimbabwe/?p=4465#comment-274250 @True Grit - The by-elections threaten the MDCs majority which was secured last year in the March 29th elections. An MP convicted of a crime and sentenced to more than 6 months in jail loses their seat and that triggers a by-election. If Zanu PF win enough by-elections (by violence or otherwise), they regain control of parliament. The large number of arrests suggest a strategy to use the legal system as a tool for political control (it is often used in this way). The justice system is still hopelessly biased towards the Zanu PF regime, so it is unlikely that those who are a political threat to the junta will receive a fair trial, and it is questionable whether many of them should have been arrested in the first place. We will be doing more work on this issue in following weeks because it is a critical one. It is a way those who are opposed to democractic change can manage to overturn the will of the people using dirty tricks.<div class="comment-remix-meta"><a href="#" class="replyto" onclick="replyto('274250','Sokwanele'); return false;">Reply to this comment</a> --- <a href="#" class="quote" onclick="quote('274250','Sokwanele','@True Grit - The by-elections threaten the MDCs majority which was secured last year in the March 29th elections. An MP convicted of a crime and sentenced to more than 6 months in jail loses their seat and that triggers a by-election. If Zanu PF win enough by-elections (by violence or otherwise), they regain control of parliament. The large number of arrests suggest a strategy to use the legal system as a tool for political control (it is often used in this way). The justice system is still hopelessly biased towards the Zanu PF regime, so it is unlikely that those who are a political threat to the junta will receive a fair trial, and it is questionable whether many of them should have been arrested in the first place. We will be doing more work on this issue in following weeks because it is a critical one. It is a way those who are opposed to democractic change can manage to overturn the will of the people using dirty tricks.'); return false;">Quote from this comment</a></div> @True Grit – The by-elections threaten the MDCs majority which was secured last year in the March 29th elections. An MP convicted of a crime and sentenced to more than 6 months in jail loses their seat and that triggers a by-election. If Zanu PF win enough by-elections (by violence or otherwise), they regain control of parliament. The large number of arrests suggest a strategy to use the legal system as a tool for political control (it is often used in this way). The justice system is still hopelessly biased towards the Zanu PF regime, so it is unlikely that those who are a political threat to the junta will receive a fair trial, and it is questionable whether many of them should have been arrested in the first place. We will be doing more work on this issue in following weeks because it is a critical one. It is a way those who are opposed to democractic change can manage to overturn the will of the people using dirty tricks.
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]]> By: True Grit http://www.sokwanele.com/thisiszimbabwe/archives/4465/comment-page-1#comment-274249 True Grit Sun, 26 Jul 2009 13:26:35 +0000 http://www.sokwanele.com/thisiszimbabwe/?p=4465#comment-274249 I must admit that I don't fully understand this post and what all the dangers are. But I ask this, why can't those nations providing credit and aid to Zimbabwe state that this aid will stop the moment Zanu-PF begins again with violence and criminal interference in the democratic process, and that all elections must be acknowledged to be free and fairly held?<div class="comment-remix-meta"><a href="#" class="replyto" onclick="replyto('274249','True Grit'); return false;">Reply to this comment</a> --- <a href="#" class="quote" onclick="quote('274249','True Grit','I must admit that I don\'t fully understand this post and what all the dangers are. But I ask this, why can\'t those nations providing credit and aid to Zimbabwe state that this aid will stop the moment Zanu-PF begins again with violence and criminal interference in the democratic process, and that all elections must be acknowledged to be free and fairly held?'); return false;">Quote from this comment</a></div> I must admit that I don’t fully understand this post and what all the dangers are. But I ask this, why can’t those nations providing credit and aid to Zimbabwe state that this aid will stop the moment Zanu-PF begins again with violence and criminal interference in the democratic process, and that all elections must be acknowledged to be free and fairly held?
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]]> By: Shocking http://www.sokwanele.com/thisiszimbabwe/archives/4465/comment-page-1#comment-274248 Shocking Sat, 25 Jul 2009 22:05:06 +0000 http://www.sokwanele.com/thisiszimbabwe/?p=4465#comment-274248 All these 'criminals' and they only got sworn in five months ago? Hard to believe. Zanu PF are plotting.<div class="comment-remix-meta"><a href="#" class="replyto" onclick="replyto('274248','Shocking'); return false;">Reply to this comment</a> --- <a href="#" class="quote" onclick="quote('274248','Shocking','All these \'criminals\' and they only got sworn in five months ago? Hard to believe. Zanu PF are plotting.'); return false;">Quote from this comment</a></div> All these ‘criminals’ and they only got sworn in five months ago? Hard to believe. Zanu PF are plotting.
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]]> By: Jim http://www.sokwanele.com/thisiszimbabwe/archives/4465/comment-page-1#comment-274247 Jim Sat, 25 Jul 2009 19:02:02 +0000 http://www.sokwanele.com/thisiszimbabwe/?p=4465#comment-274247 certainly a growing list which could shift the balance of power significantly. Some are with very low majorities. MDC better watch out for in increase and violence and intimidation..already I am fearful. Do they have an structures left in these rural areas anymore?<div class="comment-remix-meta"><a href="#" class="replyto" onclick="replyto('274247','Jim'); return false;">Reply to this comment</a> --- <a href="#" class="quote" onclick="quote('274247','Jim','certainly a growing list which could shift the balance of power significantly. Some are with very low majorities. MDC better watch out for in increase and violence and intimidation..already I am fearful. Do they have an structures left in these rural areas anymore?'); return false;">Quote from this comment</a></div> certainly a growing list which could shift the balance of power significantly. Some are with very low majorities. MDC better watch out for in increase and violence and intimidation..already I am fearful. Do they have an structures left in these rural areas anymore?
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