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Talks, dialogue, negotiations and GNU - Post June 2008 "elections" - Index of articles
Truth, justice, reconciliation and national healing - Index of articles
Transitional
justice: No impunity for corruption & other greed crimes
Transparency
International – Zimbabwe (TI-Z)
September 12, 2008
Transparency
International Zimbabwe welcomes the historic power-sharing deal
reached by the three political formations under the mediation of
President Thabo Mbeki of South Africa yesterday. Transparency International
Zimbabwe (TI-Z) and indeed the people of Zimbabwe across the political
divide now hope that the new deal will pave the way for the resolution
of an economic meltdown seen in the world's highest inflation
of more than 11million percent, deepening poverty amid severe shortages
of food and every basic survival commodity.
TI-Z calls upon the political
leadership to swiftly implement the September 11th Agreement and
set aside all forms selfish interests and ease the long suffering
of the people of Zimbabwe. TI-Z calls upon the three political formations
to have lasting commitment to the Agreement.
Being mindful
that the September 11th Power Sharing Agreement will set in motion
a period of transition in Zimbabwe, TI-Z also joins the Human
Rights NGO Forum, NANGO
and other progressive civil society organizations in Zimbabwe in
calling for transitional justice as a critical step towards national
healing and restoring democracy and good governance in Zimbabwe.
TI-Z unreservedly endorses the resolutions of the Civil society
conference on Transitional Justice - The options for Zimbabwe
convened by the Human Rights NGO Forum on 9 -10 September 2008 in
Harare.
Transitional justice
includes five areas of concern- prosecutions; truth telling; reconciliation;
reparations and institutional reform. TI-Z is particularly concerned
with institutional reform with a view to promote transparency, accountability
and integrity in national institutions of governance. Pillars of
national integrity like the Judiciary, Parliament, the Auditor General's
office, the Attorney General's office, Civil society, media
and the electoral commission must be reformed to guarantee legitimacy,
independence and efficient discharge of their mandate. The culture
of corruption, greed and self-aggrandizement must be eradicated
in public institutions if the hope of transition to a more democratic
and prosperous nation is to be kept alive. Any transitional process
or mechanism that does not uphold the values of transparency, accountability
and integrity is bound to fail from the start.
Corruption is the antithesis
of development and therefore as Zimbabwe steps into an era of transition,
TI-Z calls upon all stakeholders to step up the campaign for 'zero
tolerance on corruption'. Meanwhile, TI-Z also notes with
regret that there are those that have committed serious crimes of
corruption plundering national resources and abusing their authority
at will but have not been made to account for their actions. Such
perpetrators must be held to account in the interest of justice
and fairness, and there should be no impunity for such crimes.
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