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Mugabe's promotion of 8 Colonels to Brigadier Generals uncalled
for
Movement
for Democratic Change (MDC)
March
14, 2012
The MDC is greatly
dismayed by the recent illegal appointments and promotions effected
in the Zimbabwe National Army by Zanu PF's Robert Mugabe.
These promotions
are clearly against the spirit and provisions of the Global
Political Agreement (GPA) signed on 15 September 2008. The GPA,
Section 20.1.3 (p) is very specific and categorical in stating that
such appointments must be made in full consultation with the Prime
Minister.
In this regard
these promotions smack of an intention by Mugabe and Zanu to further
seek a patronage system as was the case with Douglas Nyikayaramba.
The promotion
of Nyikayaramba to the position of Major General was a reward for
issuing treasonous and unconstitutional statements only suitable
for seizing and undermining civilian authority in Zimbabwe.
The MDC is further
disturbed by reports that the army is recruiting and training unqualified
Zanu PF youths on a massive scale across the country.
The MDC is alarmed
bearing in mind that the army was willingly used in 2008 to perpetrate
violence against innocent civilians seen to be advancing the
democratic values in Zimbabwe.
The electorate
will be well within its rights to question the strengthening of
the army at a time when thousands are facing starvation in the country
and when Zimbabwe is not at war with any country.
Where is the
money for all this strengthening going to come from? Is this perhaps
where the diamond revenue is going to instead of Treasury?
The people have
a right to know who has declared war on Zimbabwe if anyone, for
the Defence Minister, Emmerson Mnangagwa to feel the need to recruit
more soldiers in order to reinvigorate the army.
It is clear
that Zanu PF is panicking and wants to use the army to stop the
smooth transfer of power when it is defeated in the next watershed
elections when they are held.
The MDC therefore
calls upon the inclusive government to put pressure on Mugabe and
Mnangagwa to desist from unnecessary wastage of resources in his
quest of expanding a partisan army.
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