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ZAPU NPC statement
02 Apr 2016 at 21:20hrs | Views
At its quarterly meeting on 2 April 2, 2016 in Bulawayo the ZAPU National People's Council (NPC) set the end of August 2016 as the date for the Party's 10th National Congress which was postponed last December due to financial constraints. The Party is confident that the teams which were put in place to prepare for Congress will succeed in their mandate.
The Party welcomes the initiative by members of its former armed wing ZIPRA to form an independent association within the confines of the Zimbabwe National Liberation War Veterans Association. The Party concurs with the sentiments expressed by the ZIPRA Veterans that the ZNLWVA has by and large failed to adequately articulate and address the welfare concerns of the ZIPRA Veterans. Instead that association has mired itself in the partisan politics of the regime and dragged itself into the succession dogfights of ZANU to the detriment of its founding values and principles based on the ignored plight of the country's liberation fighters for the first 17 of the country's independence.
As the Party's preparations for Congress aggressively move into top gear the support offered by the ZIPRA Veterans will reaffirm the confidence of the electorate in the revolution. ZAPU reminds the illegitimate and corrupt regime in Harare that the revolution is inevitable, cannot and will not be stopped.
ZAPU also advises Emmerson Mnangagwa to either tell the truth about his publicly known role in the Gukurahundi massacre or to just keep quiet and enjoy the feeding frenzy on the gravy train. The victims and their families deserve closure on that painful and shameful chapter in the history of this country. ZAPU knows that the ZANU regime lacks the moral courage to own up to its role in the planning and execution of its massacre of Zimbabwean citizens simply on the basis of their preferred political allegiance. As the government ZANU owes an explanation to the victims, the country and indeed the world at large as to the true motive behind a holocaust similar to the NAZI anti-semitism, not in scale but in cruelty and effect. The ZANU regime has a legal obligation to release to the public the findings of the CCJP and Chihambakwe Commission. We advise Emmerson that should his conscience compel him to talk about Gukurahundi it should be on the above issues and not some thinly veiled attempts to justify his bloody hands.
The government should just stop its rhetoric on a Truth and Reconciliation and act to establish the commission to deal with its numerous human rights abuses. The government should draft a comprehensive reparations policy to redress the imbalances caused by its actions amongst the communities affected by its embargo during the Gukurahundi period. The ZANU regime remains the only government to impose internal sanctions and unleash highly trained murderers on its own unarmed civilian population. Those people who now confess losing their sanity should also ask for forgiveness from their victims.
The Party welcomes the initiative by members of its former armed wing ZIPRA to form an independent association within the confines of the Zimbabwe National Liberation War Veterans Association. The Party concurs with the sentiments expressed by the ZIPRA Veterans that the ZNLWVA has by and large failed to adequately articulate and address the welfare concerns of the ZIPRA Veterans. Instead that association has mired itself in the partisan politics of the regime and dragged itself into the succession dogfights of ZANU to the detriment of its founding values and principles based on the ignored plight of the country's liberation fighters for the first 17 of the country's independence.
ZAPU also advises Emmerson Mnangagwa to either tell the truth about his publicly known role in the Gukurahundi massacre or to just keep quiet and enjoy the feeding frenzy on the gravy train. The victims and their families deserve closure on that painful and shameful chapter in the history of this country. ZAPU knows that the ZANU regime lacks the moral courage to own up to its role in the planning and execution of its massacre of Zimbabwean citizens simply on the basis of their preferred political allegiance. As the government ZANU owes an explanation to the victims, the country and indeed the world at large as to the true motive behind a holocaust similar to the NAZI anti-semitism, not in scale but in cruelty and effect. The ZANU regime has a legal obligation to release to the public the findings of the CCJP and Chihambakwe Commission. We advise Emmerson that should his conscience compel him to talk about Gukurahundi it should be on the above issues and not some thinly veiled attempts to justify his bloody hands.
The government should just stop its rhetoric on a Truth and Reconciliation and act to establish the commission to deal with its numerous human rights abuses. The government should draft a comprehensive reparations policy to redress the imbalances caused by its actions amongst the communities affected by its embargo during the Gukurahundi period. The ZANU regime remains the only government to impose internal sanctions and unleash highly trained murderers on its own unarmed civilian population. Those people who now confess losing their sanity should also ask for forgiveness from their victims.
Source - Zapu
