Well said. I especially like the bit about the IT systems. Communications “on the ground” is vital, in my opinion.

Someone on this site wrote….”Partly we are ‘passive aggressive’ – we believe if we cry loudly enough, daddy will give in to our demands – and we all know who daddy is. Eh? And we don’t really trust our ‘big brother’ to fill daddy ’s shoes? Ney?”

I wont say who but it kinda sums it up…these ZANU /JUNTA are Maoists, not democrats…they dont view this struggle like its Selma Alabama, and we shall overcome means anything…they see it like 1989 Tiananmen Square..On Thursday, The Zimbabwean reported that the JOC (a military body) was directing the ZANU operation, headed by the same men that headed Ghukurahundi…

This isnt a game…yet some do half the job and crow they see the finish line. [... content deleted]

They need a plan A and a plan b.

What happens if Mugabe says no?

What are they, MDC, going to do if this happens?

I heard Morgan in an interview a few weeks ago…he was clueless as what to do next if the results dont come out or if he wins but Zanu Pf does not budge.

Power sharing is only the answer for politicians and not for the nation.  A country will not go forawrd in a power sharing government especially in Zimbabwe at this time.

Zimbabweans need a lot of answers for what has happened over the past 28 years and a power sharing government is not going to give this.
Zimbabwe has heaps of potential to be a country that can be an economic and social success..it can even reach heights of a first world coutnry whilst maintaining its culture and identity.
A power sharing government will hold this back.
Zanu Pf has too much blood on its hands for a majority to trust it.

A solution;  A party to win outright and they invite elements of the opposition to form a small part in cabinet.

MDC need to make hard decisions but should be made easier that it is not their fault that they are the opposition and the government is committing violence.
Their aim is to be the next goverment and that is their job.  they should not be distracted by what the government wants to do or their commitment to destabilastion.

The best the MDC can do for their people is to say we are in and this is the vision and leadership and we are going to govern.  Boycotting shows weakness and no direction to the people who follow an organisation promising them peace, freedom and human rights.  Imagine the let down of many if they are told what they have fought for til now is all for nothing.

MDC your resolve is being tested…stand up and be resilient.  Tell Mugabe “you can bash our bodies but you wont dampen our spirits”.

Mugabe’s campaign is for MDC to surrender…does the MDC ant to do this.  If they do they just need to boycott.

Too many lives have been lost up to now.  Is this all for nothing?

MDC can educate people how to defend.  If Morgan wants to be president he needs to act like one.  Start having vision and start leading his people…get them to defend themselves.
Defending oneself is not committing violence.

Its time MDC throws it back at Mugabe and say if it means that some blood will be spilled to get you out….we will get you out.

Mugabe is in the corner..he has to be vicious to get himself out of it. 
More people will die if MDC boycotts the election.

The guardian is reporting that the run-off may be delayed by a year. Zimbabwe can’t really take another year under Mugabe, so can I encourage everyone to take advantage of the action contact list, and get in touch with SADC, AU, UN and other government contacts to petition them to intervene and verify the votes themselves. I’m sure there is photographic evidence somewhere of the returns posted outside polling stations. We should try and track this information down and send it on to as many contacts as we can. If ZANU insists on a run-off, we need the international community to intervene and make this happen as soon as possible!

MDC learns of sniper plot
2008-5-5 00:09
Johannesburg. – Snipers in Zimbabwe are ready to shoot and kill MDC party leaders.
These were the words of MDC spokesperson and former MP Roy Bennett on Sunday after the party was told by informants in the military of a plot to murder those high up in the MDC.
Another MDC spokesperson said on Friday that 20 MDC members had already been murdered for political reasons since the March 29 elections.
Human Rights Watch (HRW) said last Wednesday in Johannesburg that they had proof that the military was handing out weapons to youth militia members and “war veterans” in a terror campaign against the MDC.
HRW also said that MDC members were being kept in torture camps, assaulted and forced to declare their allegiance to the Zanu-PF.
“The MDC were informed that these snipers would also eliminate any opposition leader if given the opportunity,” Bennett said.
In an attempt to escape night-time attacks, the leaders did not sleep in the same place for more than two nights in a row.
Shortly after they left the place where they had slept, it was destroyed so as not to be used again.
“The party leaders’ family members are also tortured in their own homes so that they will provide information over where the leaders are to be found.
And if the don’t co-operate, their homes are burnt down.”
In the current climate of violence prevalent in especially the rural areas of Zimbabwe, there were 600 MDC members who were seriously injured, besides the 20 deaths.

Die Burger

 

Did MDC factor in the postal votes (diplomatic and security service votes)? These counts were not included in the polling stations results, which MDC used for their projections.  Does this account for the 80435 difference between the MDC and ZEC totals? Referring to the postal vote ‘wildcard’ and being certain who those votes were for, what can be said of the minor variance between the MDC and ZEC counts for Mugabe? Something doesn’t sit well in these results, and I can’t put my finger on it! This whole thing strikes of statistical manipulation. No one can get to see all the data. All we’re given is a final total, which can easily hide a host of discrepancies. Are we ever going to see the results by constituencies? I doubt it, because Mugabe has no idea which evidence MDC has from the displayed polling station results, and a comparison with ZEC manipulated votes is risky. There is absolutely no transparency in these results at all. It seems that international leaders are waiting in vain for this cloudiness to dissipate and are holding back. What’s wrong with the concept of ‘reasonable doubt’. It’s used frequently by jurors in criminal convictions.