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2002 Presidential & Harare Municipal elections - Index of articles
Sir
Garfield Todd loses the right to vote
Sir
Garfield Todd
February 12, 2002
Today I received
notice from the State that I have ceased to be a citizen of Zimbabwe
and that I have lost my right to vote. I have also lost my right
to travel. As a former Prime Minister of Southern Rhodesia and a
former Senator of Zimbabwe I travelled on a diplomatic passport
which expired last April. A request to Registrar-General Mudede
to assist in its renewal has remained unanswered.
I have been
a citizen of this country for 67 years. Today I must shoulder the
responsibility of totally rejecting the disenfranchisement of Zimbabweans
by ZANU(PF). I totally reject the theft of our citizenship (approximately
2 million Zimbabweans are affected) by ZANU(PF). I am horrified
by the destruction of our economy, the starving of our people, the
undermining of our Constitution, the torture and humiliation of
our nation by ZANU(PF).
Just as we stood
with courage against the racism of the past so, today, we must stand
with courage against the terror of the present. Come what may I
will, next March, be going to the polling station to claim my right
as a very senior citizen of Zimbabwe to cast my ballot for good
against evil.
Box FM 693,
Famona, Bulawayo,
Zimbabwe
email jtodd@mweb.co.zw
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