MASIMBA MAVAZA | When the people are afraid of government it is called tyranny; when the government is afraid of the people it is called LIBERTY!
It is not a secret that Zimbabwe has lost respect in the international world. We are the only country which can be outdone by itself. The country where the losers make sure they will cause mayhem and make the country ungovernable.
Mugabe did not impose himself on the people of Zimbabwe. He was voted by popular demand. He was repeatedly brought back into power by the people. The events of these few days have shown the serious undemocratic ways of the opposition. Trying to force a regime change knowing very well that Zimbabwe will hold elections in 2018. There is an up-to-date information on the standing of the rebellion, the processes opposition use to defeat the legitimate government, judiciary and police and the mechanisms in place for Zimbabweans to protect themselves against the rigours of modern life in the quasi-police state named Zimbabwe.
What is lawful rebellion?
THE CONSTITUTION OF ZIMBABWE states our unalienable RIGHTS derived from the common law. They are beyond the reach of government and they can NEVER revoke (repeal) them. The reason why this is so is the fact that both the constitution and the Declaration of Rights are peace treaties between the Government as an institution, not an individual) and the people who should lawfully rise up when their liberty is threatened and were their livelihood is pissed on.
The burning of shops destroying buildings and burning cars and looting shops is far away from being peaceful. However people are absolved from their allegiance to government when the government fights its own people.
When the great country wakes up to the insurgents, setting an example to be immediately followed by other towns, she practically made an error of complacence.
The Minister of Home affairs and all security ministers thus take an honoured place among the band of patriots to whose initiative Zimbabwe owes her Charter of Liberties. Gave a strong warning against the rebels masquerading as democrats to desist from the unlawful rebellion. Yes it is granted that  “Right of Lawful demonstration sets lawful title to Country and the limitations which bind the state the only fear in regime change is that the conqueror could pretend to acquire the right to possess the rule of Zimbabwe and not to alter the nature of the government.
Here then we must drop our race to state house at least for and concentrate on building a nation not destroying it. 2018 is here so changes can be done then.
Until then the aim of the constitution is to protect the people from a corrupt or despotic government providing us lawful authority to refuse to cooperate with any Government agency.
It is important to bear in mind that the legal term “statute” has two meanings. The original, which pre-dates the first is “A re-statement of the law by the Sovereign as an exercise of the National Prerogative”. Acts of Parliament are also described as statutes. They can be repealed by the institution which made them by the common law rule that no Parliament may bind its successor.
The core of the Petition is it is our humble duty TO PETITION The government to withhold the RULE OF LAW to uphold and preserve the rights, freedoms and customs of the citizens subjects as set out in the Declaration of Rights, which the president our swore before the nation to uphold and preserve in his Oath of Duty.
We have the honour to be loyal and obedient Zimbabweans when we have loyal leaders.
All Zimbabweans have a constitutional OBLIGATION to disrupt operations/activities to the best of their abilities.
All Zimbabweans have a constitutional OBLIGATION to disrupt operations/activities to the best of their abilities.
All Zimbabweans have a constitutional OBLIGATION to seize government buildings and assets and retain possession until redress of grievance to the best of their abilities. This could be any building including Courts, police stations, town halls.
We have rebutted court summonses, warrants of arrest and criminal custodial sentences with impunity and will continue to do so until redress of grievance.
the rights the Act confers, having the quality of constitutional rights, will be regarded by the courts as fundamental. . . “
The greatest constitutional document of all times – the foundation of the freedom of the individual against the arbitrary authority of the despotic tendencies is the constitution.
There is a lot more that could be said here but too much too soon. . . Most people seeing this for the first time are, quite frankly, shocked. . . Suffice to say, only those who have taken their country seriously understands what it means to stand up peacefully
Zimbabwe is experimenting with “soft power” approaches to its restive minority populations, but brute force remains an omnipresent threat. The Zimbabwean government is experimenting with gentler approaches to pacifying restive populations but it has far from forsaken its “iron fist In recent years, opposition parties all over Zimbabwe have grown progressively more restive, with peaceful demonstrations increasing alongside violent terrorism.
Thugs in the opposition have launched attacks against government buildings and innocent bystanders, while others have engaged in civil disobedience — included hundreds of self-immolation blocking roads destroying their on future.
The government’s initial response has been to crack down on these anarchic forces” with an iron fist as a means to maintain social order and a semblance of unity.
Yet this response has only led to deeper resentment, the government should explore alternative measures which includes engaging the opposition and other groups.
Although the government has not completely abandoned the “iron fist it has devised a number of other strategies to address unrest. Many of these fall into the category of “soft power.” Nowadays the leadership is vigorously pursuing both approaches, deploying a carrot or a stick depending on the circumstances.
Younger generations have been the most vulnerable to these sanctions, since they find themselves targeted by the authorities as trouble causers targeted by the authorities.
The government is not only targeting children and average citizens, but also the local opposition leadership. But without forsaking its “iron fist,” the government is now experimenting with different approaches to balancing majority-minority relations without the use of force.
A common ground has to be found and more freedoms have to be granted if Zimbabwe is indeed going to maintain its internal cohesion in a peaceful and productive way. All the government has to do is to is to deal with corruption. Deal with rotten few ministers. We do not have a courageous force to arrest the culprits and silence the restive masses.
The overnight arrests and the higher degree of surveillance imposed in Zimbabwe shows that the government will not hesitate to keep the country unified by any means. The long-term effects of such actions, however, might potentially escalate the existing volatile actions.
After Mawarire left the country many lost hope for the peaceful road to equality that he actively supported. It’s not too late, however, for the government to realise that a policy of carrots will be more successful in the long term than the sticks that it has recently.
For zimbabwe to gain international respect our human rights have to improve.
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