This is precisely what happened during the farcical Presidential election run – off in June 2008 when armed soldiers and other security operatives were unleashed in urban and rural areas and in the process orchestrating an unprecedented orgy of violence and thuggery against peace – loving civilians. Hundreds of people were brutally murdered, thousands of women were raped and thousands of homesteads were also destroyed as the brutal Zanu PF terror machinery went into overdrive.
Because the Zanu PF regime is sensing a crushing and humiliating electoral defeat in 2018, it is already re – tooling and sharpening its instruments of terror, thuggery and brutality. Once again, the MDC would like to call upon SADC,the AU and even the United Nations to keep a close eye on the deteriorating political situation in Zimbabwe.
As the national economy continues to implode and the insecure but paranoid Zanu PF regime cannibalises itself through senseless and relentless factional bickering, the socio – economic and political crisis in Zimbabwe is now getting out of hand. The country is on a knife edge and the thoroughly unpopular and unconstitutional decision to introduce bond notes within the coming few weeks is causing so much anxiety amongst the majority of the people. The international community cannot, therefore, continue to look aside and watch.
The time has come for the crumbling Zanu PF regime to be reigned in. The people of Zimbabwe have suffered untold socio – economic and political adversity over the past 36 years. Robert Mugabe and the Stalinist Zanu PF kleptocracy that he leads should be immediately called to order.
MDC: Equal Opportunities for All
Obert Chaurura Gutu
MDC National Spokesperson
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