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New
coalition government must unconditionally release human rights defenders
Centre for Community Development in Zimbabwe
(CCDZ)
February 18, 2009
The incarceration of
human rights defenders on trumped up charges smacks of President
Mugabe's hypocrisy and insincerity in the new coalition government.
The Centre for Community Development in Zimbabwe is vindicated that
the coalition government will not work as long as President Mugabe
fails to reign in on unruly elements belonging to his ZANU PF party.
The arrest of Roy Bennett,
the Deputy Minister-designate for Agriculture and the continued
incarceration of rights defenders, among them Jestina Mukoko is
demonstrative of a regime that is refusing to yield to the peoples'
demands for a new Zimbabwe. As C.C.D.Z, we call upon the political
elites to bury the hatchet and put their differences aside for the
common good. We urge the political elites to urgently embark on
the following measures to restore people's confidence in the new
system of governance.
1. That the new Coalition
government must unconditionally release all the political prisoners
and human rights defenders and allow access to medication for the
prisoners without any hindrances.
2. That there be put
in place measures and clear benchmarks to revive education, health
and other social services which have virtually collapsed.
3. To set in motion a
participatory, democratic and all-inclusive process of constitutional
reform.
4. Introduce a sustainable
economic recovery programme that deals with inflation, 90 % rate
of unemployment and restore the strength of the Zimbabwean currency.
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