Mugabe sets elections for May 23, 2011

Wednesday, 08 December 2010 08:26

HARARE – President Robert Mugabe (pictured) has set May 23 as the date for elections, highly placed sources within the president’s office have revealed. The sources told The Zimbabwean that the election date was decided back in October, hence Zanu (PF)’s election mood. “Top state security agents were privy to the poll dates and the terror machinery was expected to have shifted into full swing country wide by now. Everybody involved was wondering why ‘the aggressive and armed liberation style’  Zanu (PF) campaign network remained inactive six months before the election date.  Hit squads were redeployed back into position. In fact, the election schedule was decided simultaneously with the ploy to fabricate serious abuse of office charges against MDC-T Minister of Finance, Tendai Biti, in early October,” said the source. As in 2008, District Central Intelligence Officers are expected to compile lists of MDC officials targeted for silencing. These would be forwarded to higher offices for further action. In Murewa district, the female CIO district officer in charge, Mudzinganyama, has allegedly compiled a list of activists headed by  MDC-T losing parliamentary candidate for Murewa North, Golden Mutize. Mutize is believed to pose serious election challenges to Zanu (PF) David Parirenyatwa in the Murewa North Parliamentary race. The two rivals polled over 7 000 votes each at the last election, and were separated by less than 100 ballots, following alleged voter intimidation and bribing by Parirenyatwa. “Though MDC-T and Morgan Tsvangirai would win in a free and fair election, it was high time they embarked on serious poll campaigns to educate and motivate the electorate. Even top security agents who now virtually run the country realize that the  outcome at the polls would be in Tsvangirai and his party’s favour. Despite the odds against him, Mugabe was unlikely going to differ the election date even should facilitators of GPA think otherwise,” said the sources. Meanwhile, several apostolic churches across the country were reportedly praying for peace to prevail during next elections as prophets ‘prophesied’ Mugabe would lose the polls resoundingly, but planned not to leave office without a ‘good’ and bloody fight.

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