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MDC reinforces its call for Chihuri to resign
Movement for Democratic Change (MDC)
September 12, 2012

The MDC reinforces its call for Augustine Chihuri to resign as the Acting Police Commissioner, following the indiscriminate assault of ordinary citizens by police officers in their bid to flush central Harare of Zanu PF's Mbare based chipangano terror gang who masquerade as rank marshals.

Today many people were forced to walk for kilometres as police and army officers blocked public transport operators entering central Harare. The onslaught left scores of people injured and hospitalised as some businesses closed fearing violence and looting. School children were not spared from the attacks.

While we applaud the cleansing of our bus termini and the protection of ordinary citizens from Zanu PF's chipangano terror outfit, we condemn the way Chihuri is handling the issue. He knows the culprits therefore to act thus is criminal and unprofessional.

Chihuri and the police should have taken heed after the public outcry to arrest this terrorist outfit, such behaviour should have not happened. The MDC is therefore concerned of Chihuri's failure to bring sanity in a professional manner without putting the lives of innocent citizens at risk.

The people of Zimbabwe need peace; they need a security force they can trust; a force that respects them; a force that respects the need to protect an individual and uphold human rights at all times.

The security sector in any country should prioritise the protection of its country's citizens. However, in Zimbabwe we have elements in the security sector who act as an extension of Zanu PF security department.

It strengthens the MDC's call for security sector realignment before the holding of the next free and fair elections.

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