[The Herald]The decision also renders futile the European Union’s decision to exclude President Mugabe at its meeting with African states in two months time. President Mugabe’s election as the First Vice chairperson makes him automatically eligible for the chairmanship in 2015. It simply defies logic why the West has continued to expose itself so badly in its bid to isolate President Mugabe and play archaic politics of divide and rule, which no longer have a place even in the chaotic scheme of international politics.