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No
to political violence
Zimbabwe
National Students Union (ZINASU)
May 16, 2008
The Zimbabwe National
Students Union notes with great concern the escalation of political
violence in the country. The orgy of violence that has resulted
in hundreds of families being displaced as their homes were destroyed
as a result of political violence. To date several activists and
supporters of the Movement for Democratic Change have been killed
and some are in hospitals nursing wounds after the brutal and savage
attacks being perpetrated by ZANU PF militias and war veterans.
We are deeply disturbed
by the acts of violence on innocent citizens and warn the culprits
that justice will be mated upon them soon. As a students union we
are not going to sit idle and watch as our fathers are being maimed
and butchered by ZANU PF thugs. Violence has no place in a democratic
society and ZANU PF should just swallow its pride and accept defeat.
Teachers have
also fled their schools as there are being
targeted and being accused of rigging the polls for MDC. We
stand by the teachers and urge them not to continue with their daily
duties until there's a conducive teaching environment.
We will not take lightly
utterances by the former Deputy Minister of Information Bright Matonga
that ZANU PF only used 25% of their capacity and the remaining 75%
will be used in the runoff that is, if its going to be conducted.
In essence the capacity he was referring to was violence that they
have already started. We urge the people to be united against this
violence, fear and intimidation breeds misery in the land and they
will not win you elections.
We do not condone
violence and appeal to the perpetrators to STOP as this will result
in more deaths, we want peace to prevail in our land.
Blessing Vava (Secretary
for information and publicity)
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