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The ‘future’ and the 2021 presidential election
December 30, 2020 Written by ADVENTINO BANJWA
Deplorable state violence and repression against citizens, who are participating in a state-sanctioned electoral process, has rightly captured critical attention of many commentators lately.
If one thing is clear in these discussions, it is that endorsing the official talk of Covid-19 guidelines, as a justification for the ongoing state violence and repression, is an act banked either on deliberate forgetfulness or short memory: conducting elections in the midst of a pandemic was not the only alternative available on the political menu.
All major opposition parties in the country were unanimous on the need to pos