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NCA
Statement on the deportation delegation
National
Constitutional Assembly (NCA)
Feburary 02, 2005
THE National Constitutional
Assembly (NCA) deplores the deportation of an innocent COSATU fact
finding mission by the Zimbabwe government today.
What makes the action even more deplorable
is that the Cosatu delegation had not committed any offence in Zimbabwe
and either did it have such a motive.
The action by Cosatu must have cleared
any doubts which South Africans especially President Thabo Mbeki
on the nature of the regime. It is anti-democracy and is not open
to any form of dissenting voices.
The action by Mugabe’s regime shows that
there is no freedom of association and of assembly. The NCA laments
the failure of the government to guarantee the workers rights of
assembly.
Cosatu delegation had come to see Zimbabweans
and not the Ministry of Labour or the government. And as such there
is no basis upon which the immigration authorities could have denied
them entry into Zimbabwe, which is supposed to be a democracy. Cosatu
delegation wanted to meet their Zimbabwean counterparts.
Workers and all Zimbabweans will never
enjoy their full Bill of Rights unless there is a new constitution.
Jessie Majome
NCA Spokesperson
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