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ZINASU condemns attack on NEC members at Mai Tsvangirai memorial rally
Zimbabwe National Students Union (ZINASU) (Mugwadi)
March 06, 2010

ZINASU condemns in the strongest terms the attack on the National Executive Council members today at the memorial rally of Amai Susan Tsvangirai by MDC thugs.

The ZINASU President Tafadzwa Twoboy Mugwadi today was barred from giving a solidarity speech by the MDC youths at the memorial of Amai Susan Tsvangirai rally. Shortly after being barred by these youths there was rampant beating of the NEC members of ZINASU by a group of MDC youths who were clearly mobilised by the individuals working in the Prime Minister's office, in an apparently rehearsed incident. The youths were accusing the student leaders of planning to protest at the memorial rally. The accusations were baseless.

The Secretary General Kurai Hoyi, Legal Affairs Secretary Archiford Mudzengi, the National Treasurer Tafadzwa Kutya sustained serious injuries. The student leaders are currently receiving medical attention at the Avenues clinic.

The MDC and in particular the office of its President and that of the Prime Minister have been deliberately fanning divisions in the students union, threatening and assaulting student leaders in a typical ZANU PF culture.

ZINASU would like to warn the MDC, the Prime Minister, his surrogates Ian Makone, Denis Murira and Jacob Mafume of the serious consequences of such treatment of students on the party. If the MDC is declaring war on ZINASU they should come out clear and ZINASU is ready for the fight to protect the legacy and the broader student fraternity aspirations of Zimbabwe. These attacks on student leaders by these hired-misguided MDC thugs have happened in the past and have gone unattended to by the party leadership.

These and many other deplorable actions by MDC leaders, activists and employees clearly compromises the credentials of the MDC as a real democratic alternative to ZANU PF.

ZINASU demands an apology and an explanation from the MDC President Morgan Tsvangirai. Such undemocratic practices and intolerance is not expected from a party that purports to be pursuing a struggle for democratic change. It is a know fact that the MDC and the Prime Minister's office have played an active role in dividing the students union.

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