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We
will not accept an outcome of a flawed election
Zimbabwe
Congress of Trade Unions (ZCTU)
June 21 , 2008
We, the General
Council members of the Zimbabwe Congress of Trade Unions (ZCTU),
meeting at the Quality International Hotel in Harare today 21 June
2008 to, among other things, discuss the 27 June 2008 Presidential
Election Run-off;
Having- Discussed
the violent environment prior to the holding the Presidential Election
Run Off of 27 June 2008;The conduct of political parties during
the campaigning period; and the State's preparedness for holding
a free and fair election.
Observing that,
- Political
violence in the country has reached alarming if not catastrophic
proportions;
- That the
27 June Presidential election is not an election, but a declaration
of war against the people of Zimbabwe by the ruling party;
- Dozens of
people have been murdered due to political motivated violence;
- Thousands
of people have been threatened with death, beaten, tortured and
harassed for expressing or supporting the opposition political
party;
- People are
being forced to attend political rallies failure of which they
are being beaten up;
- Deployment
and sprouting of several bases led by the ruling party militia
that are harassing and perpetrating violence;
- The usual
poling officers, that is teachers and other civil servants, have
been sidelined in the running of elections in favour of ruling
party supporters;
- Thousands
of people have been displaced through political violence and thereby
unable to vote;
- The State
President has made it clear that he will not accept defeat even
if he loses the elections.
- Very few
local observers have been accredited to oversee the conduct of
the elections;
- Continuous
harassment of workers on their way to and from work by youths
militia who have been deployed in suburbs;
- Opposition
party agents have been harassed, some killed and therefore unable
to monitor what may happen in some wards on the day of the election;
- The opposition
has not been granted permission to campaign;
- There is
a complete black out of the opposition in the public media and
in case where it is mentioned, has always been in negative light;
- Potential
voters are being threatened if that they are names would be recorded
if they voted for the opposition;
We therefore
resolve that:
We will not accept an outcome of a flawed election; The Government
immediately disband bases in all suburbs and unofficial road blocks
manned by the youths militia; The government stop violence and allow
local observers that were accredited for the March 29, 2008 Harmonised
Elections to observe the Presidential Run Off.There be equal and
unbiased access to the Public Media by all contesting parties.
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