Police sticking by Mugabe

THE Zimbabwe Republic Police (ZRP) has not arrested a single person involved


in three widely reported incidents of political violence in the past month,

targeting non ZANU-PF people; in what critics say gives credence to

assertions by the two formations of the Movement for Democratic Change (MDC)

that the force is biased in favour of President Robert Mugabe’s party.

Suspected ZANU-PF supporters have, in the past four weeks, been fingered in

the assault and harassment of supporters of the MDC parties in Mutoko,

Shangani and Masvingo.

Failure by the police to effect arrests particularly ahead of fresh

harmonised polls President Mugabe wants held in March 2013, about six months

away, has raised fears of a repeat of 2008 political violence, which led to

inconclusive presidential elections, resulting in the consummation of the

present inclusive government.