Dr. Jonathan Moyo, is the so-called maverick politician of Zimbabwe. Like Dr. Simba Makoni, both have learned to survive by being on both sides of issues. Today, they are against Mugabe, tomorrow they support Tsvangirai. And I don't know what to make out of both of them.

Tsvangirai, for all practical purposes made the right decision! Tsvangirai, not known to be bright or brainy, made the best decision in his entire political career and he saved Zimbabwe from further problems in future. Most people now can clearly see that Tsvangirai and the country were going to be cheated by Zanu-pf, had Tsvangirai participated in these sham elections!

The political life in jeopardy is that of Tsvangirai and not the opposition party. MDC’s constitution is very clear on presidential terms and Tsvangirai by losing this presidential attempt puts him on a risky position in his quest to continue leading the opposition. Tsvangirai has more enemies than friends among the top guys who formed MDC who are now in Mutambara camp. While the pull-out is seen as humane, politics has no human face and the decision is politically wrong for it accelerate Mugabe to the driving seat legally. Mugabe can now chose who to talk to in opposition and also help ambitious opposition members to pull down Tsvangirai. Morgan remains naïve as usual. There is already a political conspiracy to link Morgan with the Rhodesian Special Forces and the Boer apartheid network of today through his continued relation with Holland and England who are the worst oppressors in Southern Africa.

Does any of this matter? Doesn't the MDC presently hold a parliamentary majority? How is Mugabe going to to try to rule without a rubber-stamp parliament to accede to his wishes?

MDC-T was brilliant in withdrawing from the election even if it means the short-term suffering of the people of Zimbabwe - how legitimate does ZANU-PF/Mugabe feel they will be when they are a parliamentary minority? How does Mugabe feel he can get parliament to approve legislation or a change in policy when he cannot get a parliamentary majority? How does he gain parliamentary approval of a budget for the government?

MDC is right in calling ZANU-PF/Mugabe's bluff in withdrawing from the election. Once Mugabe "claims" victory, how will he govern? He has NO mandate because his party does not control parliament.

All MDC needs to do is reject or veto any legislation that comes from Mugabe or ZANU-PF. Will Mugabe veto legislation MDC puts to him regarding the amendments to the Constitution, or the voting regulations, or the reforms to the government program? The only thing MDC needs to do at the present is wait for the election results to be announced and to have their elected members of parliament continue to say NO to anything ZANU-PF/Mugabe propose.......

Unable to govern, Mugabe will be forced to either disband parliament, or for ZANU-PF to attack members of the MDC in the government themselves.

Either way, Mugabe/ZANU-PF loses additional legitimacy. If he disbands parliament, he is indeed the despot the MDC accuses him of being. If ZANU-PF attacks the actual MDC members of parliament, then he loses legitimacy as the rule of law will have been discarded. I seem to recall that a certain English King lost his head over disregarding the will of parliament and attacking it's members.

ZANU-PF/Mugabe has won the "run-off". The bigger question is how does he implement policies via a parliament that will not approve any of his legislation and he vetoes any legislation he receives from parliament?

Remember, MDC is now the majority in the Zimbabwean parliament....... How exactly does Mugabe plan to do ANYTHING when he does not control parliament? Will he rule by decree? If so, civil war will come upon Zimbabwe, just like the case when the English revolted against Charles I and eventually beheaded him.

There is no need for a government of national unity and Tsangivrai knows it and Mugabe hopes for it. All Tsangivrai needs to do is to ensure MDC blocks every single piece of legislation and dare ZANU-PF/Mugabe to veto any legislation they approve before Mugabe dissolves parliament and rules by decree.

Once Mugabe does this, he will be further isolated by the rest of the world. He cannot possibly approve MDC legislation, because the laws he is sent by the parliament will almost surely undermine ZANU-PF dominance. On the flip-side, Mugabe cannot govern without the approval of his policies by the MDC controlled parliament.

It is only the beginning, or the opening "wicket", of a protracted game. With the MDC in a solid majority in parliament, there was no reason for Tsanvigrai to participate in the "run-off".

ZANU-PF/Mugabe is backed into a corner - either disband parliament and any semblance of democracy, or confine yourself to a 5-year term of no legislation whatsoever! All MDC-T needs to do at this point is show up in parliament and refuse to ratify any of Mugabe's proposed policies. All they need to do is to refuse budgetary funding for the CIO and the Army. All they need to do is open a parliamentary investigation into the abuses of ZANU-PF/Mugabe prior to the run-off and introduce charges of treason against the "President" in parliament - just like in the case of Charles I!

So let Mugabe be "crowned" President in this farce of an election! Let's see how he "governs" when none of his policies are ratified by parliament and he refuses to sign the legislation he is "force-fed" from the MDC controlled parliament.

The game is to be played longer than anticipated, but the cards ZANU-PF/Mugabe presently hold will evaporate once MDC comes into control of parliament. He will be blocked at every turn, his budgets rejected, his cronies subject to parliamentary investigation. The security services budget and activities will be subject to parliamentary review.

Once MDC assumes control of parliament, do you think they will stop there? They do not need the presidency to control the government of Zimbabwe.

Think about this..... What if parliament demands the government divestiture of the Herald and the ZBC? What if they cut off budgetary funding for these mouthpieces of ZANU-PF? What if they institute "equal time" legislation requiring the Herald and ZBC to give "free" air time to opponents of ZANU-PF/Mugabe? What if the activities of the "war-veterans" are taken out of the budget?

To the point......... MDC does not need to "win" the presidency in Zimbabwe. Surely, the people of Zimbabwe will suffer, but aren't they suffering already? The point is, parliamentary democracy is based on the concept of negotiation and compromise. MDC does not need to compromise at this point - they control parliament - will Mugabe outlive his current 5-year "mandate"?

Sooner than not, Mugabe will die, MDC will most likely continue to hold a parliamentary majority until that time, what then? As the democratically elected government of Zimbabwe, the healing and the "justice" will commence from the time Mugabe dies, sadly not for Mugabe to face "justice" except at the "God" he claimed could be the only one to remove him from office. Ironically, "God" will have the last laugh at Cde. Mugabe's expense.......