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'Zanu-PF in panic mode'
10 Nov 2015 at 05:26hrs | Views
THE resurfacing of politically motivated violence is a sign Zanu-PF is in serious panic mode in fear of an Arab Spring-type uprising over its failure to handle the economy, the MDC-T has said.
"As the MDC increases its visibility countrywide, and particularly in Harare, the regime is fearful that this could trigger a civil uprising similar to the Arab Spring. Hence the regime's security apparatus is now on high alert, as they ruthlessly clamp down on all public activities by the MDC," Obert Gutu, the MDC-T spokesperson, said yesterday.
"As the MDC, we are confident that the collapsing Zanu-PF regime can never stop an idea whose time has arrived. Democratic change in Zimbabwe is beckoning and it might actually happen earlier than 2018."
Gutu said they had since made a report to the Zimbabwe Human Rights Commission to ensure that Zanu-PF was restrained.
"Our party secretariat has since made a formal report of the deteriorating security situation as well as the heavy-handed clampdown by the police to the Zimbabwe Human Rights Commission.
"We are also toying with the idea of suing the Commissioner-General of the ZRP [Augustine Chihuri], as well as the individual members of the police, who unlawfully assaulted our party supporters, causing them serious injuries," he said.
Last week, several parties wrote to Chuhuri, expressing concern over the violent Hopley clashes.
"As the MDC increases its visibility countrywide, and particularly in Harare, the regime is fearful that this could trigger a civil uprising similar to the Arab Spring. Hence the regime's security apparatus is now on high alert, as they ruthlessly clamp down on all public activities by the MDC," Obert Gutu, the MDC-T spokesperson, said yesterday.
"As the MDC, we are confident that the collapsing Zanu-PF regime can never stop an idea whose time has arrived. Democratic change in Zimbabwe is beckoning and it might actually happen earlier than 2018."
"Our party secretariat has since made a formal report of the deteriorating security situation as well as the heavy-handed clampdown by the police to the Zimbabwe Human Rights Commission.
"We are also toying with the idea of suing the Commissioner-General of the ZRP [Augustine Chihuri], as well as the individual members of the police, who unlawfully assaulted our party supporters, causing them serious injuries," he said.
Last week, several parties wrote to Chuhuri, expressing concern over the violent Hopley clashes.
Source - newsday
