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RG’s office, Zec cogs in rigging machinery

May

2013

Opinion by Pedzisayi Ruhanya WHILE the call to have a peaceful electoral environment is critical in the administration of the coming elections, it is important to note that the presence of law and order and consequently the absence of political violence are not adequate ingredients to foster a credible electoral process. A transparent voter ...

Reform of justice system overdue

Apr

2013

Opinion By Pedzisai Ruhanya Director, Zimbabwe Democracy Institute THE recent crackdown on civil society organisations, human rights defenders and the apparent political victimisation of Justice Charles Hungwe has re-ignited debate on the need to reform Zimbabwe’s justice delivery system and the significance of the rule of law in a constitutional democracy. Zimbabwe requires transitional justice ...

MDC policy captures democratic values

Apr

2013

Opinion By Pedzisai Ruhanya As the country struggles to extricate itself from over 30 years of Zanu PF’s dictatorship which is associated with gross human rights violations, a critical analysis of the Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) policy on national healing is imperative. It is important to critically evaluate political party policies in order ...

Security Sector Factor in Zimbabwe’s Political and Electoral Affairs 1

Apr

2013

Zimbabwe Democracy Institute Research Desk “Tsvangirai doesn’t pose a political threat in any way in Zimbabwe, but is a major security threat. He takes instructions from foreigners who seek to effect illegal regime change in Zimbabwe. This is what has invited the security forces to be involved [in politics] because we want ...

Referendum, delusions of a Zanu PF win

Apr

2013

Opinion by Pedzisai Ruhanya The outcome of the March 16 constitutional referendum has created a political buzz of unsubstantiated claims of extrapolated victory by certain political players, mainly Zanu PF, despite the fact that citizens were not voting for specific parties and the fluidity and distortive nature of the applicable statistics and voting patterns. What ...

Tsvangirai-Ncube pact game changer

Apr

2013

By Pedzisai Ruhanya In as much as new Kenyan deputy president William Ruto was critical in President Uhuru Kenyatta’s win in the recent elections, Professor Welshman Ncube particularly and other democratic forces in general could critically determine whether or not Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai emerges victorious in Zimbabwe’s forthcoming watershed polls. In the Kenyan case, ...