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THE ramblings in The Herald are getting more bizarre.

 

The latest admits implicitly that Zanu-PF don’t have control of Parliament (after a “recount”) and now want to “guarantee” seats in cabinet for minor parties, “as in Switzerland”. With a new post of prime minister.

 

Then an unelected council of worthies (including army chiefs and businessmen) will appoint a President without an election.

 

What this all means is that Zanu-PF are admitting they have lost, don’t control Parliament, can’t win an election with their president and are implicitly admitting they are a minority party, and want to try and get cabinet seats by changing the rules (again).

 

They also want to have a parallel administration with Zanu-PF bigwigs appointing a President without an election involving the population.

 

As the government in Zimbabwe works now, this means they want to retain the powers of the presidency in Zanu-PF without the input of the electorate. They want elections that will produce a  paper or window-dressing parliament with no real power; one that “guarantees” Zanu-PF seats on the cabinet. That way the MDC cannot operate without their input or sabotage, and Zanu-PF will control parts of government.

 

The cabinet seats they want guaranteed are probably going to be Home Affairs (police), Defence, State Security (CIO), Agriculture, Judiciary, Finance and Trade, or all the posts that have effective power and can protect their ill-gotten gains and prevent any possible human rights prosecutions.

 

All of this means that effectively Zanu-PF are admitting they have lost power and are trying to scrabble for protection from the MDC and write guarantees to stop the MDC President from using the powers that Zanu-PF arrogated to the presidency against Zanu-PF.

 

They seek to impose an unelected President chosen by Zanu-PF outside of Parliament.