As if things aren't tough enough for Zimbabwe's opposition. Robert Mugabe is running roughshod over his people and determined to run for (and inevitably win) election again. And now it appears that the Movement for Democratic Change (MDC), up until recently the only even vaguely viable counter to Mugabe's ZANU-PF, is, “in trouble,” according to an IRIN report. “Already split into feuding factions, it now risks being deserted by its key allies ahead of next year's elections. ” Labor and civic groups are worried that the party has compromised itself by negotiating with ZANU-PF. MDC supporters maintain optimism against the longest of odds.
The MDC and any other opposition faced an uphill struggle as it was in the face of Mugabe's police state. Comrade Bob's clear determination to remain in power and the MDC apparently crumbling from within bodes ill for Zimbabwe's future both in the near and long range.