Miracles Do Happen

I can't believe, the MDC is set to win this election. Against all odds they have come out on top. Now we know that miracles do still happen in this day and age.

Now I don't want to rain on anybody parade, but this does not mean that everything is as right as rain in Zim once more.

There are no reasons to believe that the Zanu-PF government will listen to a parliament made up mostly of oppositions party members. A good basis for this assumption is that in the past they have chosen to igonore not only thier starving supports pleas for food , but also gone against rulings instituted by their own appointed judges when those decision were not to their liking. I doubt it if they are really going to care what a parliament has to say. My best bet is that the Zanu-PF government will most likely practice selective hearing when is comes to parliamentary rulings and will only listen, if these rulings fit their views of what a modern Zimbabwe should look like.

Other worries are that already strained relations between opposing camps in the rural areas might finally burst into full tribal war. I mean the more radical factions, often found within the rual areas, of these two parties are not known for being level headed to put it mildly. And I hardly trust the Zim police to keep law and order if there was to be certain disruptions in areas.

These are, of course, all worse case scenarios. Lets hope they stay that way.