Opinion / Columnist
Political violence must be stopped
23 May 2017 at 21:19hrs | Views
The Zimbabwe Human Rights Association (ZimRights) is concerned by the levels of interparty and intraparty violence witnessed recently in the country.
Supporters of the ruling party Zimbabwe African National Union Patriotic Front (Zanu-PF) were embroiled in a bloody clash at Davies Hall in Bulawayo recently.
A few days before, ruling Zanu-PF and opposition MDC-T supporters had clashed leaving three people hospitalised in another incident of violence in Epworth in Harare.
ZimRights urges political parties to nip such violent tendencies in the bud as the country faces an election campaign season ahead of the 2018 harmonised elections.
Violence at all times is condemnable and should not be tolerated whenever and wherever that it rears its ugly head.
Zimbabwe's political environment has been regularly marred by violence which makes it crucial for any signs of the resurgence of violence to be taken seriously.
Perpetrators must be expeditiously reprimanded, while political leaders must publicly urge their supporters to embrace peaceful means of political engagement.
Zero-tolerance to violence is crucial because as political competition within and between parties rises towards the forthcoming general elections in 2018 the likelihood is that tensions among political players will also rise.
ZimRights Hotlines
0773789874, 0733606797, 0718928611
Supporters of the ruling party Zimbabwe African National Union Patriotic Front (Zanu-PF) were embroiled in a bloody clash at Davies Hall in Bulawayo recently.
A few days before, ruling Zanu-PF and opposition MDC-T supporters had clashed leaving three people hospitalised in another incident of violence in Epworth in Harare.
ZimRights urges political parties to nip such violent tendencies in the bud as the country faces an election campaign season ahead of the 2018 harmonised elections.
Violence at all times is condemnable and should not be tolerated whenever and wherever that it rears its ugly head.
Zimbabwe's political environment has been regularly marred by violence which makes it crucial for any signs of the resurgence of violence to be taken seriously.
Perpetrators must be expeditiously reprimanded, while political leaders must publicly urge their supporters to embrace peaceful means of political engagement.
Zero-tolerance to violence is crucial because as political competition within and between parties rises towards the forthcoming general elections in 2018 the likelihood is that tensions among political players will also rise.
ZimRights Hotlines
0773789874, 0733606797, 0718928611
Source - ZimRights Hotlines
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