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Zimbabwe
lawyer group calls for investigation of government
Painos Dakwa, Epoch Times
January 24, 2008
http://en.epochtimes.com/news/8-1-24/64598.html
The Zimbabwe
Lawyers for Human Rights (ZLHR) has condemned the Zimbabwean
government for corruption saying it is a "significant threat
to the national well-being of the country."
In a recent
statement issued by the lawyers group, the ZLHR said it is disheartening
to note that the people who speak populist rhetoric of nationalism,
pan-Africanism, black economic empowerment were responsible for
plundering the economic resources of the country.
"We think
these people are driving our country to its knees through a system
of corruption, patronage, national asset stripping and conversion
of national resources into personal assets."
The lawyers
were referring to a scam in which a Zimbabwean woman, one, Dorothy
Mutekede was alleged to have been found in possession of Zim$10
billion in new notes before the new currency went into circulation.
The Reserve
Bank of Zimbabwe was accused of corruption in releasing the cash
to a non-banking entity and the Zimbabwe Human Rights group was
calling for transparency to restore the credibility of the Reserve
bank and the banking sector in the eyes of the public.
The ZLHR has
called for a full investigation on the scam and public explanation
to restore credibility of the Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe. The Human
Rights group said corruption should be fought effectively in a credible
and transparent manner.
"ZLHR reitarates
its view that it is only through effectively fighting all forms
of impunity, the restoration of the rule of law, respect of human
rights and good governance that Zimbabwe can get back to a path
of sustainable economic recovery."
The economic
situation in Zimbabwe has continued to deteriorate with unprecedented
rise in inflation and a flagrant violation of human rights in the
country which has resulted in thousands of the people fleeing the
country to seek for more human conditions.
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