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NCA to stage demonstrations on September 20
National Constitutional Assembly (NCA)
September 19, 2006

The NCA will this week be staging peaceful demonstrations in Harare, Bulawayo, Gweru, Mutare, Masvingo and Kadoma. The demonstrations are intended to back the NCA’s persistent push for a new and democratic constitution.

It is significant that these demonstrations come exactly a week after the Zimbabwean government brutally crashed peaceful protests organized by our colleagues at the Zimbabwe Congress of Trade Unions (ZCTU). ZCTU leaders were not only arrested but were tortured by state security agents while in custody. The state had no shame in keeping in custody bleeding citizens. There can only be one explanation to this: The state seeks to silence all pro-democracy forces by naked brutality.

The NCA believes that the way forward under such circumstances is to show the regime that no amount of state sponsored terror will intimidated Zimbabweans. The NCA is committed to continue the crusade of showing the majority of Zimbabweans that the way to go is to confront this regime peacefully but with unflinching determination. It remains the duty of all Zimbabweans to tell the regime of President Robert Mugabe that we can not be intimidated. We will continue to exert pressure on your government until you give in to the demands of the people to have an open democracy as the basis for progress and prosperity in Zimbabwe.

Lovemore Madhuku
NCA Chairperson

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