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1. A lot of people did not appreciate what happened in November 2017. Or they chose not to see. Zimbabwe became a military state with a facade of civilian rule. Well, it was in some ways after 2008, but Mugabe’s dominance did not make it so plain. Since 2017, it’s been plain.
2. The soldiers got endorsement from the judiciary when Justice Chiweshe ruled in a contrived case that the military operation was lawful, notwithstanding that the then President had not deployed them. It was a fatal stroke. And here we are: the military does what it wants.
3. Those who ask why soldiers are doing this forget that they congratulated them & said they were right. This is the price we are all paying. They got a taste of the gun against citizens & they are using the only weapon they know. Talk of a man with only a hammer in his toolbox
4. Bad as he was, Bob offered that this needed to be corrected. He was right. We allowed the Constitution to be mutilated for expediency. We were wrong. Rule by the military is no picnic. This is the price of letting soldiers know they have power. Takapembedza n’anga isiyo!
