Bloodless Zanu PF MPs Cause Police Brutality
25 August 2016
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Silas Memory Madondo | The blocked Anti-Police Brutality Motion proposed by Hon . Nelson Chamisa could have been used by the government of Zimbabwe to normalize the boiling temperature between the police and the Zimbabwean citizens. Hon Chamisa and his party MDC-T demonstrated (through the proposed motion) that they value peaceful means of conflict resolution. On the other hand, ZANU PF MPs exposed their party as violent and brutal by snubbing the Anti-Police Brutality Motion which could have been a peaceful process to conflict resolution.

The aim of this article is to support that, ZANU PF MPs have DNA of violence in their blood and that the blocking of the Anti-Police Brutality Motion could have triggered war between police and civilians. The ZANU PF MPs refused to give peaceful conflict resolution (through parliament) a chance and that could have angered the civilians and forced them to confront the police violently.

The aim of the proposed motion was to summon the Minister of Home Affairs to the parliament to answer allegations of police brutality against peaceful protesters. The ZANU PF MPs were convinced that the police brutality was/is normal and stormed out of the parliament.

This did not come as a surprise to the majority of Zimbabweans because we know ZANU PF as a party of violence from the time of the liberation struggle up to present. ZANU PF party under the guidance of Mr. Mugabe murdered 20,000 innocent civilians in Matabeleland soon after independence. A lot of blood was claimed by ZANU PF since the formation of MDC in 1999, white commercial farmers were also slaughtered. All the evil acts of the ZANU PF regime are documented.

I condone violence and always advocating for peaceful means of forcing ZANU PF government to resign. The media have exposed violence between police and the Zimbabwean citizens, images and videos of burnt police cars and running battles/confrontations between police and civilians were broadcasted.

The incidences were unfortunate but I feel the action of blocking the Anti-Police Brutality Motion by ZANU PF MPs could have pushed the Zimbabwean citizens to their limit. ZANU PF MPs surprised majority of us, by refusing to give peaceful conflict revolution a chance! Majority of the Zimbabwean citizens were surprised by such action and violence/confrontation was observed soon after the motion was blocked.

Message To ZANU PF MPs

In the light of the recent confrontation/violence between police and civilians, I am urging ZANU PF MPs to swallow their pride and give the proposed Motion of Anti-Police Brutality a chance. ZANU PF MPs should avoid pushing the citizens of Zimbabwe to their limit and they should always promote peaceful means of conflict resolution.

The ZANU PF MPs should know that blocking of Anti-Police Brutality Motion is likely to result in the following (in the coming months);

  • Isolation of police by members of the society because they are now behaving like ZANU PF members

  • Declaration of war between police and civilians

  • May trigger civil unrest

  • May trigger the process of resignation of ZANU PF and ZANU PF government may not go beyond 2016

Conclusion

ZRP should respect the constitution of Zimbabwe and know that assaulting innocent and peaceful protestors may eventually backfire.

ZANU PF MPs should not take violence of their party to parliament and should therefore give peaceful means of conflict resolution chance. Rejecting the Hon Chamisa motion means brewing violence to the disgruntled Zimbabweans.

ZANU PF MPs should reconsider the Anti-Police Brutality Motion and work to normalize the relationship between the Zimbabweans and the police. They should know that the boiling temperature between police and civilians is a time bomb.

Zimbabwe will never be the same again and ZANU PF government should be geared for the worst. Brutalizing citizens in this age is a misplaced strategy vanhu vajamuka baba VaMugabe.

Silas Memory Madondo is a lecturer and a Mixed Methods Researcher and can be conducted via [email protected]