The burning of two houses belonging to David Chihwai Chamanga, the MDC organising secretary ward 17 in Mutoko confirms our concern over Mugabe and Zanu PF’s calls for peace in public fora whilst at night arming and unleashing bands of Zanu PF militia groups to commit acts of violence against perceived opponents.
What is more worrying is police inaction in dealing with this case of arson given that their mandate is to protect property and citizens from perpetrators of such heinous crimes. The failure by police to act is a clear indication of complicity in the whole crime which vindicates our worry about the presence of state sponsored violence in Zimbabwe and as such we reiterate our call for the security sector reforms.
More disturbing is the fact that this incident comes hot on the heels of a series of well calculated attacks by state and non state agencies against those prodemocracy organisations and activists. Of note is the recent raiding of the Counselling Service Unit, arrests of MDC leadership like Elton Mangoma, arrests of independent journalists, deployment of military personnel in Masvingo and Manicaland who are intimidating people to vote in favour of Zanu PF in the next coming referendum and plebiscite in 2013.
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