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T)110(o)]TJ 0 -1.28 TD 0.047 Tw [(do justice to its struggle for political power)76(, the MDC must wage a decisive war)]TJ 0 -1.291 TD 0.015 Tw [(against these weaknesses, which ar)17(e among the key r)16(easons why it lost the Mar)24(ch)]TJ 0 -1.28 TD -0.007 Tc -0.062 Tw [(2005 parliamentary elections and ar)13(e important challenges it is facing in its struggle)]TJ 0 -1.291 TD 0 Tc 0.121 Tw [(to defeat the ruling Zimbabwe African National Union-Patriotic Fr)16(ont \(Zanu-)]TJ 0 -1.28 TD -0.06 Tw [(PF\). In focusing on these weaknesses the paper makes extensive use of the literatur)14(e)]TJ 0 -1.291 TD -0.035 Tw [(pr)21(oduced by critics of the ruling party)28(. The paper maintains that the MDC has not)]TJ 0 -1.28 TD -0.026 Tw [(r)12(ecognised either in theory or in practice the strategic importance of mobilising for)]TJ 0 -1.291 TD -0.01 Tc -0.063 Tw [(political, economic and ideological hegemony and has failed to pr)8(ovide compr)19(ehensive)]TJ 0 -1.28 TD 0 Tc 0.097 Tw [(theor)9(etical and practical alternatives to the ruling party as pr)28(er)13(equisites for the)]TJ 0 -1.291 TD -0.012 Tw [(r)12(ealisation of its aim to r)27(eplace it. As a r)16(esult, the paper concludes, the MDC faces)]TJ 0 -1.28 TD 0.026 Tw [(the danger of being r)14(educed to exerting pr)22(essur)10(e upon the state of Zimbabwe and)]TJ 0 -1.291 TD -0.057 Tw (other Southern African countries for policy changes and victories which will not be)Tj 0 -1.28 TD 0.04 Tw (sufficient for it either to achieve political power or to consolidate or expand these)Tj 0 -1.291 TD 0 Tw (changes and victories.)Tj /F9 1 Tf 13 0 0 13 213.6 124.15 Tm (I)Tj 9.1 0 0 9.1 217.92 124.15 Tm (NTRODUCTION)Tj 10.5 0 0 10.5 62.4 103.63 Tm 0.044 Tw (The MDC has been chosen for this case study because, since its formation, it has)Tj T* 0.087 Tw [(posed a mor)23(e serious thr)17(eat to Zanu-PF r)10(ule than any other political party and,)]TJ 0 -1.28 TD 0.025 Tw [(with the r)12(uling party)108(, is one of two major parties in the country and the only one)]TJ 0 -1.291 TD 0.077 Tw [(apart fr)18(om Zanu-PF to have fielded candidates for all 120 contested seats in the)]TJ 0 -1.28 TD 0.089 Tw (parliamentary elections. The other parties \320 the Zimbabwe People\325s Democratic)Tj ET endstream endobj 4 0 obj << /ProcSet [/PDF /Text ] /Font << /F9 5 0 R /F11 6 0 R >> /ExtGState << /GS2 7 0 R /GS3 8 0 R >> /ColorSpace << /CS1 9 0 R >> >> endobj 9 0 obj [/Separation /All /DeviceGray 11 0 R] endobj 13 0 obj << /Length 5280 >> stream BT /F9 1 Tf 10 0 0 10 292.66 642.19 Tm 0 0 0 1 k /GS2 gs (J)Tj 7 0 0 7 295.9 642.19 Tm (OURNAL)Tj 10 0 0 10 327.1 642.19 Tm ( )Tj 7 0 0 7 329.5 642.19 Tm (OF)Tj 10 0 0 10 338.86 642.19 Tm -0.046 Tc 0 Tw ( A)Tj 7 0 0 7 348.7 642.19 Tm 0 Tc (FRICAN)Tj 10 0 0 10 375.82 642.19 Tm -0.009 Tc ( E)Tj 7 0 0 7 384.46 642.19 Tm 0 Tc (LECTIONS)Tj 10 0 0 10 41.02 642.07 Tm 0.001 Tc (124)Tj ET 0 0 0 1 K 0 J 0 j 0.48 w 10 M []0 d /GS3 gs 1 i 41.62 637.99 m 419.5 637.99 l S BT 10.5 0 0 10.5 42.46 606.07 Tm /GS2 gs 0.004 Tc 0.125 Tw [(Party)105(, the Zimbabwe )42(African National Union-Ndonga \(Zanu-Ndonga\) and the)]TJ 0 -1.28 TD 0 Tc -0.022 Tw [(Zimbabwe )17(Y)84(outh in )37(Alliance, which took part in the Mar)18(ch 2005 elections, and the)]TJ 0 -1.291 TD 0.041 Tw [(Conservative )38(Alliance of Zimbabwe, the International Socialist Or)9(ganisation and)]TJ 0 -1.28 TD 0.12 Tw [(the National )29(Alliance for Good Governance ar)19(e minor parties. The MDC is the)]TJ 0 -1.291 TD 0 Tw [(of)10(ficial opposition and is r)22(epr)12(esented in both houses of Parliament.)]TJ 2.171 -1.28 TD -0.017 Tw [(The r)16(uling party won the 2005 elections with an incr)17(eased majority)113(, taking 78)]TJ -2.171 -1.291 TD -0.003 Tc -0.063 Tw [(seats to the MDC\325s 41 and, accor)9(ding to the Zimbabwe Election Commission \(ZEC\),)]TJ 0 -1.28 TD 0 Tc 0.001 Tw [(winning nearly 60 per cent of the vote, an incr)18(ease of 1)49(1)0( per cent over its showing)]TJ 0 -1.291 TD 0.084 Tw (in the 2000 elections in which it won 62 seats to the MDC\325s 57. Jonathan Moyo,)Tj 0 -1.28 TD 0.004 Tc 0.125 Tw (former Minister of Information, who contested the election as an independent)Tj 0 -1.291 TD 0.034 Tc [(candidate, was the only independent to win a seat, taking the T)91(sholotsho)]TJ 0 -1.28 TD 0 Tc -0.005 Tw [(constituency fr)16(om the MDC. The MDC\325s shar)21(e of the vote decr)17(eased by 9 per cent)]TJ 0 -1.291 TD 0.012 Tw [(to 39 per cent. W)47(ith an additional 30 seats allocated by the pr)16(esident to the r)15(uling)]TJ 0 -1.28 TD -0.039 Tw [(party)104(, Zanu-PF occupied 108 of the 150 seats \320 mor)26(e than the two-thir)7(ds majority it)]TJ 0 -1.291 TD 0.001 Tw (needed to change the Constitution.)Tj 2.171 -1.28 TD -0.006 Tc -0.062 Tw [(Responding to the r)20(esults, the MDC, citing massive inconsistencies, demanded)]TJ -2.171 -1.291 TD 0 Tc -0.058 Tw [(new elections under a new constitution, contending that elections could not be fr)9(ee)]TJ 0 -1.28 TD 0.073 Tw [(and fair in the curr)18(ent socio-political and economic situation. It also maintained)]TJ 0 -1.291 TD 0.006 Tw [(that it had won 94 seats and not the 41 allocated by the ZEC. However)68(, it did not)]TJ 0 -1.28 TD -0.005 Tc -0.063 Tw [(specify how a new constitution should be drafted and appr)15(oved, how new elections)]TJ 0 -1.291 TD 0 Tc 0 Tw [(should be conducted or how it calculated the figur)10(e of 94 seats.)]TJ 6.1 0 0 6.1 334.42 339.55 Tm (1)Tj 10.5 0 0 10.5 65.26 322.63 Tm -0.051 Tw [(The pattern of the r)30(esults of the 2005 elections is essentially the same as that of)]TJ -2.171 -1.291 TD -0.053 Tw [(the 2000 elections. The MDC won almost all the seats in the main cities, Harar)16(e and)]TJ 0 -1.28 TD 0.027 Tc 0.125 Tw [(Bulawayo, wher)16(e civil society or)20(ganisations ar)15(e r)15(elatively ef)18(fective in their)]TJ 0 -1.291 TD 0 Tc 0.124 Tw [(opposition to the ruling party)115(. It also won a majority of seats in Matebeleland,)]TJ 0 -1.28 TD -0.025 Tw [(wher)16(e Ndebeles who had supported Zanu under the leadership of Joshua Nkomo)]TJ 0 -1.291 TD 0.029 Tc 0.125 Tw [(continue to oppose the Shona-dominated ruling party)115(. Zanu-PF won over)19(-)]TJ 0 -1.28 TD 0.002 Tc [(whelmingly in r)7(ural Mashonaland, wher)15(e the majority of the population lives.)]TJ 0 -1.291 TD 0 Tc -0.051 Tw [(Emmerson Mnangagwa, Speaker of the pr)13(evious Parliament, lost his Kwekwe seat)]TJ 0 -1.28 TD -0.018 Tw (to Blessing Chebundo of the MDC. Jonathan Moyo\325s victory in the elections was a)Tj 0 -1.291 TD 0.003 Tc 0.125 Tw [(loss for the MDC. )35(Another significant loss was the Chimanimani constituency)116(,)]TJ 0 -1.28 TD 0 Tc -0.015 Tw (contested by Heather Bennett, wife of Roy Bennett, the former MDC MP jailed for)Tj 0 -1.291 TD -0.05 Tw [(assaulting two Cabinet members in Parliament in May 2004. \(Bennett was r)13(eleased)]TJ 0 -1.28 TD 0.079 Tw [(fr)8(om prison on 28 June 2005 after serving eight months of a one-year sentence.\))]TJ 0 -1.291 TD -0.004 Tc -0.063 Tw [(The 16 seats lost by the opposition party wer)16(e all in r)11(ural ar)19(eas. In the 2000 elections,)]TJ 0 -1.28 TD 0 Tc 0.076 Tw (the MDC had won all 15 seats in Matebeleland and the majority of urban seats,)Tj 0 -1.291 TD 0.087 Tw [(with the r)9(uling party winning the majority of rural seats. The two main cities \320)]TJ 0 -1.28 TD -0.062 Tw [(Harar)16(e, with a majority Shona population, and Bulawayo, with a majority Ndebele)]TJ 0 -1.291 TD 0 Tw (population \320 voted overwhelmingly for the MDC.)Tj ET /GS3 gs 42.46 57.55 m 419.5 57.55 l S BT 7 0 0 7 42.46 47.95 Tm /GS2 gs (1)Tj 8 0 0 8 56.62 47.95 Tm -0.012 Tc -0.062 Tw [(The MDC\325s claims ar)9(e disputed and r)20(ejected by Munyaradzi Gwisai, a former MDC Member of Parliament.)]TJ 0 -1.245 TD 0 Tc 0 Tw (See Gwisai 2005, p 8.)Tj ET endstream endobj 14 0 obj << /ProcSet [/PDF /Text ] /Font << /F9 5 0 R >> /ExtGState << /GS2 7 0 R /GS3 8 0 R >> >> endobj 16 0 obj << /Length 5464 >> stream BT /F9 1 Tf 10 0 0 10 422.88 642.07 Tm 0 0 0 1 k /GS2 gs 0.001 Tc (125)Tj -36.048 -0.132 TD (V)Tj 7 0 0 7 69.6 640.75 Tm 0 Tc (OLUME)Tj 10 0 0 10 95.64 640.75 Tm 0 Tw ( 4 N)Tj 7 0 0 7 116.52 640.75 Tm (O)Tj 10 0 0 10 122.04 640.75 Tm ( 2)Tj ET 0 0 0 1 K 0 J 0 j 0.48 w 10 M []0 d /GS3 gs 1 i 62.4 637.99 m 437.88 637.99 l S BT 10.5 0 0 10.5 85.08 606.07 Tm /GS2 gs -0.006 Tc -0.063 Tw (This pattern suggests that ethnicity is becoming less important in Zimbabwean)Tj -2.16 -1.28 TD 0 Tc 0.021 Tw [(politics and that policies, not ethnicity)120(, drive political contest in the country)109(, with)]TJ 0 -1.291 TD -0.004 Tc -0.062 Tw [(the main dividing line being r)10(ural-urban. The r)13(uling party has failed to win support)]TJ 0 -1.28 TD -0.003 Tc -0.063 Tw [(fr)25(om the urban working class and middle class. The MDC, supported by developed)]TJ 0 -1.291 TD 0 Tc -0.008 Tw [(countries and white Zimbabweans, has failed to win support in the r)18(ural ar)11(eas. It)]TJ 0 -1.28 TD 0.073 Tw [(has also failed to pr)16(ovide shr)21(ewd political leadership and viable theor)25(etical and)]TJ 0 -1.291 TD -0.06 Tw [(practical alternatives to the r)9(uling party)114(. It is viewed as the or)19(ganisational means of)]TJ 0 -1.28 TD -0.001 Tc -0.063 Tw [(r)28(eversing the impr)10(ovements made since political independence, including the land)]TJ 0 -1.291 TD 0 Tc 0.055 Tw [(r)29(edistribution pr)14(ogramme. While the ruling party supports the active r)19(ole of the)]TJ 0 -1.28 TD 0.122 Tw [(state in the management and dir)23(ection of the economy)110(, the MDC defends neo-)]TJ 0 -1.291 TD 0 Tw (liberal socio-economic policies.)Tj 2.16 -1.28 TD 0.021 Tc 0.125 Tw [(Zimbabwe\325s adoption and implementation of the str)6(uctural adjustment)]TJ -2.16 -1.291 TD 0.038 Tc [(pr)21(ogramme in the 1990s which substantially r)18(eversed the socio-economic)]TJ 0 -1.28 TD 0.014 Tc [(impr)20(ovements achieved since political independence and the socio-economic)]TJ 0 -1.291 TD 0.035 Tc [(pr)26(oblems the country faced in the 1990s not only led to mass strikes and)]TJ 0 -1.28 TD 0 Tc 0.044 Tw [(demonstrations but also to an alliance of various social for)25(ces and or)19(ganisations,)]TJ 0 -1.291 TD 0.049 Tw [(which led to the formation of the MDC \(Danser)23(eau 2003, pp 181-85; )45(Andr)11(easson)]TJ 0 -1.28 TD 0 Tw (2003, pp 393-97; Sachikonye 2000-2001, p 7\).)Tj 2.16 -1.291 TD 0.078 Tw [(The MDC became the beneficiary of demands by popular social for)21(ces and)]TJ -2.16 -1.28 TD -0.021 Tw [(or)27(ganisations that the state solve these pr)18(oblems and of the state\325s failur)19(e to do so.)]TJ 0 -1.291 TD 0.088 Tw [(These ar)27(e some of the key r)20(easons for the party\325s achievements in the 2000 and)]TJ 0 -1.28 TD 0.005 Tw [(2002 elections \320 achievements which have now been substantially r)24(eversed. Since)]TJ 0 -1.291 TD -0.005 Tc -0.063 Tw [(2003 the MDC has failed to pr)28(ove that it is politically capable of solving Zimbabwe\325s)]TJ 0 -1.28 TD 0 Tc 0 Tw [(socio-economic pr)22(oblems.)]TJ 13 0 0 13 93.48 262.63 Tm (E)Tj 9.1 0 0 9.1 101.4 262.63 Tm (VIDENCE)Tj 13 0 0 13 143.28 262.63 Tm ( )Tj 9.1 0 0 9.1 146.52 262.63 Tm [(THA)73(T)]TJ 13 0 0 13 171.6 262.63 Tm ( )Tj 9.1 0 0 9.1 174.84 262.63 Tm (THE)Tj 13 0 0 13 193.56 262.63 Tm ( MDC W)Tj 9.1 0 0 9.1 244.68 262.63 Tm (OULD)Tj 13 0 0 13 271.44 262.63 Tm ( L)Tj 9.1 0 0 9.1 282.72 262.63 Tm (OSE)Tj 13 0 0 13 300.24 262.63 Tm ( )Tj 9.1 0 0 9.1 303.48 262.63 Tm (THE)Tj 13 0 0 13 322.2 262.63 Tm ( 2005 E)Tj 9.1 0 0 9.1 362.64 262.63 Tm (LECTIONS)Tj 10.5 0 0 10.5 62.4 242.11 Tm -0.011 Tc -0.062 Tw [(The economic pr)21(oblems, corruption and mismanagement which plagued Zimbabwe)]TJ 0 -1.291 TD 0.013 Tc 0.125 Tw [(in 2004 wer)26(e no indication that the MDC would win the 2005 parliamentary)]TJ 0 -1.28 TD -0.012 Tc -0.062 Tw [(elections. In early 2004 its four Harar)17(e)0( councillors, including the acting mayor)80(, Sekayi)]TJ 0 -1.291 TD 0 Tc -0.035 Tw [(Makavara, left the party)119(, citing leadership pr)18(oblems as the key r)15(eason behind their)]TJ 0 -1.28 TD 0.017 Tw [(decision. The r)7(uling party defeated the MDC in a key by-election in Zengeza, the)]TJ 0 -1.291 TD -0.007 Tc -0.063 Tw [(township near Harar)23(e, in the Chitungwiza ar)23(ea, str)10(onghold of the MDC. The MDC\325s)]TJ 0 -1.28 TD 0 Tc -0.027 Tw [(supporters and loyalists maintained that poor or)24(ganisation, a weak candidate and)]TJ 0 -1.291 TD 0.012 Tw [(infighting within the leadership wer)25(e key r)18(easons why Christopher Chigumba of)]TJ 0 -1.28 TD 0.039 Tw [(Zanu-PF won 8 744 votes to the 6 706 for James Makor)24(e of the MDC in the 27-28)]TJ 0 -1.291 TD -0.003 Tc -0.063 Tw [(Mar)26(ch by-election. In the 2002 elections, Chigumba had been defeated by T)96(afadzwa)]TJ 0 -1.28 TD 0 Tc 0.061 Tw (Musekiwa of the MDC by 14 814 votes to 5 330. Musekiwa left for London after)Tj 0 -1.291 TD -0.019 Tw [(several alleged thr)25(eats on his life. This led to a by-election in Zengeza. Local MDC)]TJ 0 -1.28 TD 0.053 Tw [(supporters maintained that they wer)24(e betrayed by Musekiwa\325s decision to leave)]TJ 0 -1.291 TD -0.052 Tw [(and wer)22(e not happy about the imposition of Makor)18(e as the party\325s candidate in the)]TJ 0 -1.28 TD -0.004 Tw [(election. It was r)19(eported that voters wer)21(e questioning the MDC\325s failur)23(e seriously)]TJ 0 -1.291 TD -0.021 Tw [(to challenge the r)14(uling party and that morale was so low that the majority of them)]TJ ET endstream endobj 17 0 obj << /ProcSet [/PDF /Text ] /Font << /F9 5 0 R >> /ExtGState << /GS2 7 0 R /GS3 8 0 R >> >> endobj 19 0 obj << /Length 5009 >> stream BT /F9 1 Tf 10 0 0 10 292.66 642.19 Tm 0 0 0 1 k /GS2 gs (J)Tj 7 0 0 7 295.9 642.19 Tm (OURNAL)Tj 10 0 0 10 327.1 642.19 Tm ( )Tj 7 0 0 7 329.5 642.19 Tm (OF)Tj 10 0 0 10 338.86 642.19 Tm -0.046 Tc 0 Tw ( A)Tj 7 0 0 7 348.7 642.19 Tm 0 Tc (FRICAN)Tj 10 0 0 10 375.82 642.19 Tm -0.009 Tc ( E)Tj 7 0 0 7 384.46 642.19 Tm 0 Tc (LECTIONS)Tj 10 0 0 10 41.02 642.07 Tm 0.001 Tc (126)Tj ET 0 0 0 1 K 0 J 0 j 0.48 w 10 M []0 d /GS3 gs 1 i 41.62 637.99 m 419.5 637.99 l S 0 0 0 0.15 k 0 0 0 0.15 K 1000 M 42.74 103.91 376.57 -15.27 re B* 42.74 215.61 376.57 -22.17 re B* BT 10.5 0 0 10.5 42.46 606.07 Tm 0 0 0 1 k /GS2 gs 0.006 Tc 0.125 Tw [(concluded that it would be pointless to contest elections under the pr)19(evailing)]TJ 0 -1.28 TD 0 Tc 0 Tw [(electoral r)7(ules \()]TJ /F11 1 Tf 6.766 0 TD (Africa Confidential)Tj /F9 1 Tf 7.771 0 TD ( 2004a, p 2\).)Tj /F11 1 Tf -12.366 -1.291 TD 0.034 Tw (Africa Confidential)Tj /F9 1 Tf 7.794 0 TD [( pr)12(ovided overwhelming evidence immediately befor)23(e the)]TJ -9.966 -1.28 TD -0.007 Tc -0.063 Tw (2005 elections that the ruling party would win, suggesting that the political situation)Tj 0 -1.291 TD 0 Tc 0.109 Tw (in Zimbabwe had changed in favour of the ruling party in 2004. While in 2000)Tj 0 -1.28 TD 0.063 Tw (people wanted Zanu-PF out because of the deteriorating economy and they still)Tj 0 -1.291 TD 0.115 Tw (wanted \324Mugabe and his allies\325 out in 2004, \324many\325 people \324hope that Zanu-PF)Tj 0 -1.28 TD -0.003 Tc -0.062 Tw [(with a new leader would be less destabilising than a switch to the opposition\325 party)102(.)]TJ 0 -1.291 TD 0 Tc 0.111 Tw [(Ther)12(e had been economic impr)23(ovements since 2004, with pr)14(oducts which wer)24(e)]TJ 0 -1.28 TD 0.001 Tc 0.125 Tw [(scar)18(ce becoming available. The MDC launched its 2005 election campaign late,)]TJ 0 -1.291 TD 0 Tc 0.02 Tw (having earlier insisted that it would boycott the elections. 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