Who should guarantee (or legitimise) a free and fair election in Zimbabwe? Put differently, who can ensure a free, fair and credible election?
Certainly not foreigners, unless they can be entirely neutral and can see below the surface, can observe beyond what they read in the media, which remain a serious contestant in the forthcoming elections, the same way they have been since the formation of the MDC 20 years ago.
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