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ZINASU condemns the arrest of Morgan Tsvangirai
Zimbabwe National Students Union (ZINASU)
January 23, 2008

The Zimbabwe National Students' Union vehemently condemns the arrest of MDC President, Morgan Tsvangirai ahead of today's march. We also denounce, in the strongest of terms, the heavy police presence in the city of Harare. The arrest and the police presence is clearly meant to intimidate the people of Zimbabwe and we therefore urge everyone to defy this unjust move. We also urge everyone, wherever they are, to march for their freedom today, the time is now. We want to make it clear, unequivocally, that the students' movement is proceeding with today's march demanding a new constitution, free and fair elections and an address to the current difficulties being faced by the people of Zimbabwe

We however note that the arrest of the MDC president and the revoking of the clearance is a clear indication that Zanu Pf is not sincere with the talks currently hitting the deadlock and as such we want to make it clear that we will not idly sit and tolerate someone who is sitting comfortably at state house fails to appreciate the urgency and political will required to resolve the current crisis. We therefore denounce the talks and their architect, Thabo Mbeki, for not taking the Zimabwean crisis as urgent issue requiring an urgent solution.

We strongly feel that the coming election under the current flawed constitution will not resolve anything. Lets march for our freedom, lets march for new constitution, lets march for food, electricity, water and development. Lets march demanding free and fair elections, lets march for our future.

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