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Statement
on the re-establishment of bases in schools
Youth Forum
June 19, 2009
We are greatly disturbed
by the media reports that ZANU PF youths are re-establishing bases
in rural schools; this information has also been echoed by our contact
person in Chipinge, citing the incident which occurred in an area
called Rimbi, Ward 14 where youths were forced to take positions
in the ZANU PF ward structure before being deployed to a base at
Rimbi primary School.
They were ordered to
go there on the pretext of being trained about the constitutional
making process so that they can go to communities to educate people
about this process but however it was soon established that they
pegged their flag and banner at the school and were threatening
teachers suspected to be aligned to MDC.
Youth Forum views such behaviour as malicious and a total negation
of the global political agreement hence retrogressive in all aspects.
This is also tantamount to further burdening teachers with more
grievances to couple their already nasty working conditions characterised
by a pitiful wage and associated challenges. It is also a denial
of the Zimbabwean Child to right of education since the disturbance
of teachers also directly affects their education. This is not fair
given the long time that these children have been denied their right
to education before the formation of the inclusive government. To
us bases are the epitome of ZANU PF evil schemes where human slaughter,
looting, abuses of all forms and brigandage are given blessings.
These so called bases are also the detention and torture centres
for the perceived ZANU PF enermies as well as kangaroo courts for
the latter.
We believe that these
are desperate attempts by ZANU PF to win supporters in the wake
of a realization by the generality of Zimbabweans that they have
no clear agenda to end the suffering of the people of Zimbabwe.ZANU
PF is bankrupt of ideas after having failed to deliver for the 29
years it has been at the helm of this nation.
This is also evidenced
by the resurfacing of rhetoric that 'Zimbabwe will never be
a colony again' following the barring of Walter Muzembi entrance
to White House on his tour to the Western countries alongside the
Prime-Minister. The continued farm invasions are also a testimony
of the above phenomenon. The state media is still being abused in
favor of ZANU PF propaganda machinations by conveying intimidating
and hate messages to non-ZANU PF apologists.
We therefore
condemn this behavior with the contempt it deserves and thereby
call upon ZANU PF leadership to publicly condemn such acts. We are
shocked by the continued silence of ZANU PF despite their utterances
with regards to commitment to the government of national unity and
preaching of national healing by those in the high echelons of the
party. We are challenging the ZANU PF youth leadership to set up
a commission of inquiry to establish the root of this evil if the
are not pert of these machinations in the shortest possible time.
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