Zimbabwe JOC – names and faces

Now that Tzvangirai has pulled out of the run off, the following should be getting flowers and chocolates from this man  (who apparently believes that God officiated at his swearing in ceremony as executive president in 1987).

Welcome to the Joint Operations Command:

Emmerson Mnangagwa, lawyer, security spook, and senior party hack 

General Constantine Chiwenga, commander of the Zimbabwe Defence Forces

Air Marshal Perence Shiri, commander of the Air Force of Zimbabwe 

Lieutenant General Philip Sibanda, commander of the Zimbabwe National Army

 

Commissioner General Augustine Chihuri, commissioner of the Zimbabwe Republic Police

  

Maj. Gen. Paradzayi Zimondi (Rtd.), head of the Zimbabwe prison service

 

Happyton Bonyongwe, director-general of the Central Intelligence Organization

And for getting to the end of this post, here is a bonus pic – one of many –  of Thabo 'n Bob

A week after the first round of voting, Mbeki said, "I think the situation so far is manageable." Roughly a week later, he commented, “I wouldn’t describe that as a crisis. It’s a normal electoral process in Zimbabwe. We have to wait for ZEC to release (the results).” In 2002 – 2002! – he accused those governments within the Commonwealth pushing for tougher action on Zimbabwe as "white supremacists".

Why anyone might want him to resign from whatever positions of authority he currently holds I can't possibly imagine.