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Clergymen tour Sadc to force Mugabe to implement reforms
28 Feb 2012 at 07:15hrs | Views
A group of 6 church leaders recently toured the region to persuade Sadc leaders to force President Mugabe to implement a cocktail of security, electoral and media reforms.
The group, led by the Evangelical Fellowship of Zimbabwe president Goodwill Shana, has come up with a position paper with demands that they are presenting to Sadc ministers of justice.
It has also emerged that most of the information contained in their paper is similar to MDC-T's election demands. The paper is entitled "The role of the church in nation building in Zimbabwe."
Government sources described the tour as a "regime change plot" saying the clergymen were selling an MDC-T position paper.
The group, operating under the Zimbabwe Heads of Christian Denominations, was in Mozambique last month where it met the Minister of Justice, Judge Maria Benvida Delfina Levi, without an invitation.
The other 5 clergymen are Bishop Naison Shava (head of the Evangelical Lutheran Church), Bishop Alexio Muchabaiwa, Fathers Edward Ndete, Frederick Chirombo (Zimbabwe Catholic Bishops' Conference) and Father Richard Menatsi (Southern African Catholic Bishops secretary-general).
A representative of the group, Bishop Shava yesterday confirmed the visit but said it had nothing to do with Zimbabwe's political parties.
The group, led by the Evangelical Fellowship of Zimbabwe president Goodwill Shana, has come up with a position paper with demands that they are presenting to Sadc ministers of justice.
It has also emerged that most of the information contained in their paper is similar to MDC-T's election demands. The paper is entitled "The role of the church in nation building in Zimbabwe."
Government sources described the tour as a "regime change plot" saying the clergymen were selling an MDC-T position paper.
The group, operating under the Zimbabwe Heads of Christian Denominations, was in Mozambique last month where it met the Minister of Justice, Judge Maria Benvida Delfina Levi, without an invitation.
The other 5 clergymen are Bishop Naison Shava (head of the Evangelical Lutheran Church), Bishop Alexio Muchabaiwa, Fathers Edward Ndete, Frederick Chirombo (Zimbabwe Catholic Bishops' Conference) and Father Richard Menatsi (Southern African Catholic Bishops secretary-general).
A representative of the group, Bishop Shava yesterday confirmed the visit but said it had nothing to do with Zimbabwe's political parties.
Source - Byo24News
