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Upsurge
in violence worrying
Zimbabwe
Congress of Trade Unions (ZCTU)
April 27, 2008
The Zimbabwe Congress
of Trade Unions notes with concern the upsurge in political violence
in the aftermath of the March 29 elections especially in rural areas
where thousands of people have fled their homes.
Urban dwellers have also
not been spared as gratuitous assaults are the order of the day
in the high density areas. This is the price that Zimbabweans are
now paying for voting overwhelmingly for the opposition both in
the rural and urban areas. The ZCTU deplores this backlash from
ZANU PF agents as it is uncalled for. More worrying is the fact
that ZANU PF leadership is quiet about the violence they are unleashing
on innocent citizens with the police pretending that nothing of
that sort is happening. The levels of paranoia that are being shown
by ZANU PF, the army and the police are very alarming.
It is senseless that
violence is being unleashed on innocent people while the results
of the Presidential poll have not been made public. The ZCTU in
inclined to believe that this kind of retaliation can only mean
one thing, that ZANU PF dismally lost the election because why else
would they be torturing innocent people?
The ZCTU also notes with
concern that the rural populace who bore the brunt of the liberation
struggle where some lost their entire belongings are the same people
now being exposed to the same brutality which is reminiscent of
the colonial era.
The ZCTU therefore demands
that ZANU PF stops the violence forthwith as Zimbabweans will be
forced to retaliate and this would spell doom for the country. The
ZCTU would like to urge those who have been brutalized to remain
strong and resolute and not be apologetic for voting for the party
of their choice.
Visit the ZCTU
fact sheet
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