News / Religion
Pastors stage anti-national pledge demonstration
19 May 2016 at 06:27hrs | Views
CHURCH leaders in Harare yesterday denounced Primary and Secondary Education minister Lazarus Dokora in protest demanding he reverse his decision to force the recitation of the national pledge in schools.
They said the pledge was against their Christian beliefs and issued a two week ultimatum.
The placard-waving church leaders, under the banner of the Prayer Network of Zimbabwe, later handed their petition to the ministry's acting permanent secretary, Peter Muzawazi.
"Our main issue is that the pledge is against the Constitution, particularly section 60," PNZ spokesperson, Assan Mtembo said.
"We don't want our children to recite that pledge. This is like the time of Daniel in the Bible, where people were forced to take contrary acts. We are warning them to stop the pledge."
Mtembo said they would give the government two weeks to respond, failure to which, they would hold more protests.
Beginning of this term all learners are forced to daily recite the pledge.
However there is massive resistance from some parents.
They said the pledge was against their Christian beliefs and issued a two week ultimatum.
The placard-waving church leaders, under the banner of the Prayer Network of Zimbabwe, later handed their petition to the ministry's acting permanent secretary, Peter Muzawazi.
"We don't want our children to recite that pledge. This is like the time of Daniel in the Bible, where people were forced to take contrary acts. We are warning them to stop the pledge."
Mtembo said they would give the government two weeks to respond, failure to which, they would hold more protests.
Beginning of this term all learners are forced to daily recite the pledge.
However there is massive resistance from some parents.
Source - Online
