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Zimbabwe experiences 123 violations in March
29 Apr 2016 at 06:28hrs | Views
The Zimbabwe Peace Project (ZPP) has reported that the country in March alone had a total of 123 violations recorded which had 318 victims altogether.
The organisation said of these victims 35 people (11.6%) were from ZimPF, which is a significant increase from 18 victims in February (4 % of the total 441)" said ZPP said. "While the number of victims for March in general was less than from February, for ZimPF, the number of victims doubled. There is continuously (over the months) a large number of victims whose political affiliation is unknown (55.3%). This seems to signify that for a good number of people their political persuasion is not something they are open about."
The ZPP said on the other hand the profile of perpetrators continues to show that members of the security sector are involved in political violation.
"March showed of 235 perpetrators, 80.4% were from Zanu-PF, which always leads month after month. The police made up 6% of perpetrators, the army 4.3%; while suspected members of the Central Intelligence Organisation made up 0.4%. MDC-T had 6.8 of the perpetrators, while MDC party which is led by Welshman Ncube had 0.4 perpetrators," ZPP said. "It is interesting to note that PDP posted its own numbers of perpetrators at 1.3%. These were mainly a result of intra-party conflict which has also reared its ugly head in the relatively young PDP."
ZPP said as the reports for March show, intra-party conflict continues to be quite rampant across the board.
"An issue that recurred this year as before is that of civil servants, particularly teachers being forced to contribute their hard earned monies for Independence Day celebrations. For a workforce that earns very little which of late has often come erratically, it is rather unfair for teachers to be made to fund the celebrations especially when it is not by choice," ZPP said.
"Politicised food aid distributions continued in cases across the country. In those instances Zanu-PF membership continued to be the "passport" to get food aid. On page 29 we carry our recommendations for food aid distribution including guidelines and minimum standards."
The organisation said of these victims 35 people (11.6%) were from ZimPF, which is a significant increase from 18 victims in February (4 % of the total 441)" said ZPP said. "While the number of victims for March in general was less than from February, for ZimPF, the number of victims doubled. There is continuously (over the months) a large number of victims whose political affiliation is unknown (55.3%). This seems to signify that for a good number of people their political persuasion is not something they are open about."
The ZPP said on the other hand the profile of perpetrators continues to show that members of the security sector are involved in political violation.
ZPP said as the reports for March show, intra-party conflict continues to be quite rampant across the board.
"An issue that recurred this year as before is that of civil servants, particularly teachers being forced to contribute their hard earned monies for Independence Day celebrations. For a workforce that earns very little which of late has often come erratically, it is rather unfair for teachers to be made to fund the celebrations especially when it is not by choice," ZPP said.
"Politicised food aid distributions continued in cases across the country. In those instances Zanu-PF membership continued to be the "passport" to get food aid. On page 29 we carry our recommendations for food aid distribution including guidelines and minimum standards."
Source - Byo24News
