10 JANUARY 2021
“IT IS THE TIME TO CONFRONT ZANUPF FOR GENUINE DEMOCRATIC CHANGE IN ZIMBABWE, THE RULE OF LAW, EQUAL RIGHTS AND JUSTICE” , MDC ALLIANCE NAMIBIA ABSOLUTELY CONDEMNS THE INCESSANT INCARCERATION OF SOCIAL DEMOCRATS AND JOURNALISTS.
Mdc Alliance Namibia absolutely condemns the attempt by autocratic Zanupf to put social democrats and journalists on mute through incessant incarceration as a sure way of breaking their resolve to emancipate Zimbabweans from Bornapartism. We demand justice to our political dynamo, Job SaroWiwa Sikhala, Jacob Mafume (Our Mayor), Allan Moyo, investigative journalist Hopewell Chin’ono, Tungamirai Madzokere, Last Maengahama and all political prisoners who are languishing in hell-hole prisons for speaking against arbitrary arrests, torture, senseless corruption and daylight looting as well as police brutality.
It is now imperative for all social democrats around the globe to pent up their outrage demanding the immediate release of our footsoldiers who are tortured and jailed on trumped up charges. The arbitrary arrests and detention of Jacob, Allan, Job SaroWiwa Sikhala, Hopewell, Tungamirai Madzokere and Last Maengahama is a testimony to absolute power that is concentrated in the hands of a sadist leader commonly identified as a dictator who aims to abolish political pluralism and civilian activism. Where is our solidarity? When shall we avail ourselves to confront these inequalities and injustices that are being perpetrated at our innocent revolutionaries? When shall we stand on our feet to fight for our political liberty to express our political opinions? It’s high time that social democrats pursue social liberation policies aimed at completing the unfinished business of the national liberation movement.
Moreover, it our moral obligation to defend the Constitution and Constitutionalism through participatory democracy. We need to dedicate and commit ourselves to the national democratic revolution by facing the beast in the eye demanding the immediate release of our radical comrades who are showing the courage and nerve to expose police brutality and gross misgovernance in Zanupf government. Arresting Chin’ono and Sikhala thereafter, is a detrimental miscarriage of justice since a mere tweet that a child has been killed by the police does not warrant imprisonment. Journalism is not a crime and fighting for justice is a Constitutional mandate in constitutional democracy.
Mdc Alliance Namibia is ever ready to fight for governance where the supremacy belongs to the population not vice-versa. We are completely against the satanic attempt by clueless Zanupf regime to impose a total control of mass communications (through censorship of the press and arbitrary arrests , political and social organisations not forgetting the capture of all securocrats. Mdc Alliance and the rest of Zimbabwe should rise now and resist this extreme form of dictatorship dominated by greedy Zanupf stomach politicians of plunder and self-enrichment).
Our mandate as genuine revolutionaries is to pledge our solidarity to the incarcerated so that they are energised to soldier on with the struggle. Lets flood the captured Courts demanding justice before we are eliminated one by one. Why do we feel comfortable when our own comrades are gnashing their teeth in agony at the hands of these dictators? This is no longer the social liberation policy of “injure one injure all! Mdc Alliance Namibia urges all Zimbabweans to come together and clamour for justice and equality before the law. The police that allegedly killed a nine months old kid are walking free, Obadiah Moyo who pocketed 60 million US$ Covid-19 funds was never detained, Prisca Mupfumira who looted Nssa funds is out on bail. It needs all of us to rise to the accasion advocating for the freedom of expression and equality before the law.
Furthermore, the issue of delegitimising the courts is a catastrophic game that cannot be tolerated by real social democrats. Zanupf must know that a court is not a political institution. The police and the judges in courts must speak for the constitution of Zimbabwe not for desperate political outfits which are led by arrogant and cunning Zanupf goons. We need to fight seriously against the futile attempt by the courts and police to protect Zanupf political power by upholding arbitrary arrests, torture and a wholesome closure of the much needed democratic space in the motherland. Lets rebrand our revolutionary trajectory and principles if we desire to win against Zanupf thugocracy. Solidarity is a core value in Social Democracy! We must embrace dangerous freedom against peaceful slavery. It is now time for organic and pragmatic approach to the national discourse.
To top it off, Mdc Alliance Namibia is cognisant of the fact that the recent cases of the continued incarceration and imprisonment without trial of Allan Moyo, Tungamirai Madzokere, Job SaroWiwa Sikhala, Jacob Mafume, Last Maengahama, Hopewell Chin’ono and all prisoners of conscience is a clear politicisation of the police and courts by Zanupf morons in a bid to stifle the voices of dissent in Zimbabwe. We need to prove that we are genuine revolutionaries who really feel for our jailed innocent social democrats.
JournalismIsNotACrime
NoToOnePartyState
FreeWiwa
FreeJacobMafume
FreeTungamiraiMadzokere
FreeLastMaengahama
FreeHopewellChin’ono
FreeAllPoliticalPrisoners
NoToPoliceBrutality
ZanupfMustGo
WeDemandAPeople’sGovernment
WeNeedAction
LetsRemoveDictatorship
Mdc Alliance Namibia
Rundu Branch Spokesperson
Robson Ruhanya
