By Loice Dube (Staff Writer)
Movement for Democratic Change President Nelson Chamisa yesterday called for an urgent healing process that involves compensation, pyscho-social and rehabilitation of state sponsored violence that occurred on the 14th of January 2019 leading to 12 people losing their lives across the country.
Addressing journalists in Harare, Advocate Nelson Chamisa said,” We call for the National Peace and Reconciliation Commission to institute a healing process that involves compensation, psycho-social support and rehabilitation of State sponsored violence”.
MDC urged African Union as well as Southern Africa Developing Community to take action on the ongoing brutality that Zimbabweans are facing in the hands of the government forces.
“We call for the world to turn and train its eyes on Zimbabwe and to empathize with the innocent citizens undergoing a brutal onslaught with no prospect of respite on their plight. We urge the world, particularly our own SADC and the AU, to stand with the people of Zimbabwe.”
We urge SADC and the AU to show solidarity with the people of Zimbabwe by stopping this heinous onslaught on the country’s citizenry and facilitate dialogue to resolve the political stalemate in the country.
“The economic effects of a stolen election, disputed election result and political instability are evident for all to see. To heal the economy, we must heal our politics. To fix our economy, we must repair our political fabric and moral fibre ringing about a revolution of values and culture to respect the sanctity of human life and the dignity of humanity. Without doubt, the political crisis has also had catastrophic social effects, leaving the weakest and most vulnerable members of our society falling on hard times.” he added.
However, the President of the MDC took a swipe on individuals who are violating human rights are contravening the Constitution and international treaties and conventions on human rights. They also are doing intolerable damage to the reputation of these key national institutions of both the police and the army negating the citizens’ confidence in the same.”
The Zimbabwe Human Rights Commission, in line with its constitutional mandate, has since pronounced that the recent violence the state was liable .
