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Tsvangirai to hunt 2008 murderers and not Gukurahundi perpetrators
16 Jan 2012 at 06:19hrs | Views
Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai and the MDC-T are pushing for the murderers of the 2008 political violence to be brought to justice without any further delays. The PM is more worried about the 2008 political violence and has cast the Gukurahundi issue aside.
The MDC says it is keen to ensure that perpetrators of the 2008 violence are jailed to prevent them from committing more atrocities as President Robert Mugabe's Zanu PF desperately tries to use the next poll to overturn its 2008 electoral defeat.
The MDC-T says it wants the Attorney-General (AG) Tomana to use his constitutional powers to force the prosecution of the "murderers" who are still roaming free and appear to enjoy police protection.
The party has implored Tomana to invoke Section 76 (4a) of the constitution to order the commissioner-general of the police Augustine Chihuri to investigate the murders.
The party has also approached the Joint Monitoring and Implementation Committee (Jomic), an organ set up under the Global Political Agreement (GPA), to monitor the implementation of the power sharing accord.
Deputy Justice and Legal Affairs Minister Obert Gutu, who is also a top official in the MDC-T, says the party will this year exhaustively pursue the matter.
MDC-T secretary-general Tendai Biti has also furnished Jomic with a list of the murders that were perpetrated against MDC supporters in 2008.
Zimbabwe has struggled to regain stability ever since and tensions have been rising again ahead of another election, to be held possibly next year.
The MDC says it is keen to ensure that perpetrators of the 2008 violence are jailed to prevent them from committing more atrocities as President Robert Mugabe's Zanu PF desperately tries to use the next poll to overturn its 2008 electoral defeat.
The MDC-T says it wants the Attorney-General (AG) Tomana to use his constitutional powers to force the prosecution of the "murderers" who are still roaming free and appear to enjoy police protection.
The party has implored Tomana to invoke Section 76 (4a) of the constitution to order the commissioner-general of the police Augustine Chihuri to investigate the murders.
Deputy Justice and Legal Affairs Minister Obert Gutu, who is also a top official in the MDC-T, says the party will this year exhaustively pursue the matter.
MDC-T secretary-general Tendai Biti has also furnished Jomic with a list of the murders that were perpetrated against MDC supporters in 2008.
Zimbabwe has struggled to regain stability ever since and tensions have been rising again ahead of another election, to be held possibly next year.
Source - DN
