Joint Operation Command

President Robert Mugabe’s fight back campaign of violence and brutality in the run up to the June 2008 presidential election run-off, have been rewarded with promotions. The promotions are widely seen as a thank you gesture by Mugabe who was rescued by the military after losing the first round of the 2008 presidential election to MDC-T leader Morgan Tsvangirai. Mugabe got 43%, while Tsvangirai had 47%. After the Zimbabwe Election Commission withheld results for a…