Zimbabwe's security sector does not need reforms - Zanu-PF

The west's calls for security sector reforms in Zimbabwe have been described as well orchestrated plots to weaken the country for recolonisation, the state media Zbc reported.

The issue of security sector reforms in Zimbabwe once again came under the spot light this week in Britain during the re-engagement meeting between Zimbabwe and Britain together with her allies.

Zimbabwe once again made her position clear, saying accepting the reforms is tantamount to allowing the country to be weakened so that it can be recolonised.

State Security Minister, Sydney Sekeramayi says the ploy by the west to push for security sector reforms is only meant to perpetuate the regime change agenda.

He said the west is simply against those in high command in the police, army, the air force and the central intelligence organisation as they are veterans of the liberation struggle which toppled the colonial regime.

"That is a project by the country's enemies who want to weaken the state. The security forces in the country are internationally acclaimed and very professional, that is why they are called into peacekeeping missions. So this is a mere project to destabilise the country and it is not acceptable," said Sekeramayi.

Sekeramayi said Zimbabwe's security sector does not need reforms from elements that have been busy trying to incapacitate it.

Analysts say true security sector reforms were formulated and implemented soon after independence when liberation forces and the Rhodesian Front soldiers were amalgamated.

Despite the west's calls the reforms, facts however show that African countries that have weak security structures have been infiltrated, causing perennial civil wars and strife.