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Zimbabwe is being run by a 'criminal syndicate' - Roy Bennett
28 Nov 2011 at 10:40hrs | Views
Top MDC-T official Roy Bennett says Zimbabwe is being run by a "criminal syndicate" dressed in swanky suits, but operating like a "mafia".
This syndicate has ruined the country through repression and looting, forcing millions to flee to neighbouring countries and overseas, he said.
In a hard-hitting speech at the International Human Rights Congress in London this week, Bennett said the "criminal cabal" had forced millions of Zimbabweans, including himself, to seek political and economic asylum, mainly in SA and the UK.
"This lot, Robert Mugabe's Zanu-PF party, strut around in the vestments of anti-colonial liberation, but they are a bunch of felons, pure and simple. Zanu-PF is the operatic performer of Africa's Cosa Nostra.
All frills and shrills, but at heart a common crook and criminal, no less. It must be dragged kicking and screaming to the penitentiary."
Speaking on the conference theme - immigration and integration - Bennett, who left the country after his farm and other assets were seized by Mugabe's regime, said Zimbabweans were running away from "vicious political repression".
"International migration is, of course, a complex phenomenon. But the Zimbabwean experience is the one I know and - apart from its own importance in terms of scale - I believe there are a series of lessons to be learnt from Zimbabwe that apply to many countries and situations in the world," he said.
This syndicate has ruined the country through repression and looting, forcing millions to flee to neighbouring countries and overseas, he said.
In a hard-hitting speech at the International Human Rights Congress in London this week, Bennett said the "criminal cabal" had forced millions of Zimbabweans, including himself, to seek political and economic asylum, mainly in SA and the UK.
"This lot, Robert Mugabe's Zanu-PF party, strut around in the vestments of anti-colonial liberation, but they are a bunch of felons, pure and simple. Zanu-PF is the operatic performer of Africa's Cosa Nostra.
All frills and shrills, but at heart a common crook and criminal, no less. It must be dragged kicking and screaming to the penitentiary."
Speaking on the conference theme - immigration and integration - Bennett, who left the country after his farm and other assets were seized by Mugabe's regime, said Zimbabweans were running away from "vicious political repression".
"International migration is, of course, a complex phenomenon. But the Zimbabwean experience is the one I know and - apart from its own importance in terms of scale - I believe there are a series of lessons to be learnt from Zimbabwe that apply to many countries and situations in the world," he said.
Source - Sunday Times
