As MDC-T national organising secretary Nelson Chamisa said, the problem facing Zimbabweans is a political one - a crisis of governance, and that Section 59 of the country’s Constitution gives people the right to demonstrate their anger with the government. We will not be violent in our demonstration, we will not use guns, but our rights will be our guns,” he said, as quoted on Newsday. But for some reason President Mugabe felt that he had to warn that his government would never tolerate acts of violence and that police had to give permission first, which is not true as the Freedom to Demonstrate and Petition is explicitly granted in the constitution. And one wonders where President Mugabe received his advice from, that the MDC-T might want to create violence because it is being instigated by some NGOs which don’t want the Zanu-PF Government to continue to rule. Does he not know that the majority of Zimbabweans are frustrated by his failure to govern, especially making meaningless threats against his corrupt officials, while he is also involved in the corruption which is bleeding the country dry. It was very unstatesmanlike of him to remind Zimbabweans who are contemplating peaceful protest of his 90-tonne fist, made up of Zimbabwe Defense Forces personnel. - threatening citizens with use of soldiers against them. - See more at: changezimbabwe/index.php/news-mainmenu-2/1-latest/4997-we-have-every-right-to-demonstrate-mr-president#sthash.PjPJfIlm.dpuf
Posted on: Mon, 21 Apr 2014 10:05:06 +0000