Opinion: Chamisa faces humiliation at the polls

Opinion by Own Correspondent

AT the beginning of this year, Chamisa had a good chance of winning elections.

The local currency was depreciating at an alarming rate, prices were galloping upwards at a frightening pace, incomes were being eroded to the fury of citizens, electricity supply was erratic, civil servants were becoming increasingly restive and the general perception of Zimbabwe in the region was gloomy.

The socio-economic situation was unfavourable to President Emmerson Mnangagwa and his Zanu PF Party and advantageous to Chamisa.

This situation may have misled the CCC leader into side-lining one of the greatest thin tanks Tendai Biti and other thinkers within his party.

He viewed Zanu PF as a weak opponent which he could defeat single headedly or with the assistance of a handful of green horns.

However, President Mnangagwa, who has proven to be a man who stands up to any challenge, crafted strategies to turn the table around.

The strategies and tactics he crafted include:

Stabilising the currency and ensuring price stability ensuring sufficient power supplies;I mproving the livelihoods of public servants and the general populace;uniting Zanu PF and former Zanu PF leaders and members.

He also managed to charm both Western and Non-western countries in a successful re-engagement policy.

These strategies have robbed Chamisa of all the advantages that he had and positioned President Mnangagwa for a resounding victory.

All surveys, including the Afrobarometer survey and the CCC’s own unpublished survey point to the defeat of the CCC.

According to these surveys, Chamisa would be lucky to get 44% of the vote while President Mnangagwa is likely to get at least 56% of the vote.

NB: The writer wrote this opinion in his own capacity and preffered anonymity