Sowetan

There is no such thing as free and fair elections anywhere in the world

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Commenting on elections, Chancellor Williams observed, “Voting doesn’t work, it’s an illusion of power that doesn’t exist.”

There is no such thing as free and fair elections anywhere in the world. All leaders are predetermi­ned. Votes are counted but with a click of a mouse the results could be changed if they do not appear in favour of the preferred candidate appointed by the multinatio­nal corporatio­ns.

In Azania, Cyril Ramaphosa is that man; he knows, and his opponents know, that he has already won no matter how many people cast their votes against him. In short, elections are rigged, the world over.

It’s a cultural thing in this country to rig the elections. In 1994 the elections were rigged and the Pan Africanist Congress of Azania came out as the biggest loser. The PAC’s votes were stolen and given to the ANC and IFP. The 1994 elections were not the only rigged elections this country ever conducted. The previous local government elections were heavily rigged. Former president, Jacob Zuma, had a fallout with the heads of the multinatio­nal corporatio­ns in this country and he was very difficult to remove.

As a result, the corporatio­ns rigged the local government elections and strategica­lly placed the DA in major municipali­ties and the metros. If countries such as Liberia can rig elections, what about SA, a haven of corruption? The Liberian presidenti­al election of 1927 has been called the most rigged election ever. The winner got 243 000 votes, even though there were less than 15 000 registered voters. Recently, the Democratic Republic of Congo held general elections and Joseph Kabila was accused of rigging them. Voting doesn’t work, it has never worked and it will never work but the solution lies in the immortal words of Dr Khalid Abdul Mohammad, “revolution is the only way”.

Tebogo Brown

Witpoortji­e

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