The MDC Youth Assembly is greatly perturbed
by the sad developments in Chingwizi, Tokwe-Mkosi. Approximately 300 people are
reported to have been arrested and brutalised by police and the army in
Chingwizi with further claims that a child might have died in the process. The
victims are now dispersed everywhere leaving them exposed to bad weather and
unhealthy conditions. The soldiers have burnt tents donated by well wishers and
are harass all the people including women and young ones. Being a holder of an
ID number which starts with a 12 (Chibi district) is now a crime.
These victims has suffered serious trauma
at the camp site in the hands of an illegitimate government of ZANU PF. Their
donations were looted by government ministers. No clear plan in terms of
relocating and compensating them. The bhora mughedhi philosophy has failed to
work. The song of empowerment which ZANU PF looters sang is nowhere to be
heard.
The MDC Youth Assembly, therefore, calls
for the unconditional release of those arrested and stop any harassment of
the victims by the army and police. We also call for urgent intervention on the
survivors in terms of providing decent place to live. They must be a clear and
sustainable plan to resettle them as well as a transparent compensation scheme.
The MDC believes in real upliftment of the ordinary people
and protection of the vulnerable. We always stand for the poor, as one of our
founding values, solidarity. ZANU PF has shown its inhuman colours and it has
to be stopped now.
For and on behalf of the voiceless
Clifford Hlatywayo
MDC Youth Assembly Spokesperson
Together to end,building a youth with a difference.
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