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MDC condemns police brutality in Shamva
Movement
for Democratic Change (MDC)
March
20, 2012
The MDC condemns
in the strongest terms the indiscriminate police brutality in Shamva
on Saturday night.
The deceased,
Luxmore Chivambo was fatally assaulted while scores are receiving
treatment at a Bindura hospital when police officers in Shamva went
on a spree and assaulted residents of Ashley Mine randomly on allegations
that they had stolen US$1.00 and a cellphone from the wife of Officer-in-Charge
of Shamva Police Station only identified as Shumba.
During the raid
at the mining, property worth thousands of dollars was looted by
the police officers. It is a shame and very regrettable that a life
should be lost over property worth less than $20. As the MDC we
do not condone any form of vice but we believe that no amount of
money is worth more than life.
MDC views the
action of the Shamva police officers as unprofessional and a clear
abuse of office and for the relevant authorities to come to the
bottom of this matter. The MDC has been vindicated on its calls
for security sector realignment in the country before the holding
of the next elections. Some police officers including senior officials
are no longer upholding the rule of law and abusing their powers
for personal use and political patronage. Security sector realignment
will guarantee among other issues, the security of the vote, security
of the voter and security of the people's will to deliver
real change.
We find it strange
that the police officers in Sunningdale, Harare recently in an apparent
condonement of the action of Zanu PF terror's group Chipangano,
led by Jimu Kunaka, watched the youths disrupted an MDC rally in
the area.
At the weekend,
police details in Ruwa barred the MDC from holding another rally
in Ruwa claiming they had inadequate manpower because of a soccer
match in town. The security sector in any country should prioritise
the protection of its country's citizens. In Zimbabwe, however,
we have elements in the security sector who act as though they are
an extension of Zanu PF's security department; those who work
and lobby for Zanu PF as though they are on that party's payroll.
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