Tinashe Sambiri|The MDC Alliance Namibia has described the conviction and sentencing of Makomborero Haruvizishe as satanic.
The youthful human rights activist was sentenced to 14 months in prison by Harare Magistrate Judith Taruvinga on Tuesday.
The popular movement challenged the Zanu PF regime to deal with real criminals who are walking scot-free.
See statement below:
MDC ALLIANCE NAMIBIA CASTIGATES CDE MAKO’S ILLEGAL CONVICTION.
07 APRIL 2021
Mdc Alliance Namibia is absolutely infuriated by Zanupf’s perpetual weaponisation of the law.
The illegal and satanic 24 months jail term for the ardent youth leader is a clear testimony of the regime’s attempt to deter the youths.
Makomborero Haruzivishe is not a criminal! Obadiah Moyo looted 60 million United States dollars but he is walking free. Henrietta Rushwaya was caught red-handed smuggling gold to Dubai and she is out on bail. This selective application of the law needs to be confronted with equal measure.
Mdc Alliance Namibia demands an end to this lawfare! Social democrats must Converge demanding justice and equality before the law. Makomborero Haruzivishe was simply jailed for fighting against corruption, arbitrary arrests, unemployment and gross abuse of human rights. This is time to unite against dictatorship regardless of any geographical location. It is now imperative to brace for dangerous freedom against peaceful slavery. As right thinking citizens, we must reject Zanupf’s attempt to establish a One-party state by silencing our youths through unjust pre-trial detention and unconstitutional imprisonment of all voices of dissent.
Moreover, we are cognisant of the fact that Mako, Cecilia, Joana , Tunga and Last Maengahama are prisoners of conscience, therefore we demand their unconditional release. The incarceration and imprisonment of Cde Mako is an attempt to scare our youths who are ready to fight for complete change in Zimbabwe but this shall be resisted peacefully and democratically. We urge all Zimbabweans across the globe to brace for participatory democracy, fuming for the respect of basic universal human rights.
Moreso, Mdc Alliance Namibia will surely demonstrate their discontentment outside the Zimbabwe embassy demanding an end this attempt to shut down democratic space in our motherland. Zanupf and their surrogates must stop exploiting the law to clampdown the constitutional rights of citizens who are jobless, hopeless, hungry and they are fighting for socio-economic transformation. Lets continue to amplify our voices for the release of all political prisoners. Cde Mako is an epitome of resistance fighting against Zanupf shenanigans aimed at putting our poverty-stricken youths on mute so that they don’t demand what is due to them. Cde Mako is the face of our youths’ fight, together with Joana, Netsai and Cecilia. This is incontrovertible evidence of authoritarianism and totalitarianism.
We reject Zanupf’s attempt to scare our youths using their hell prisons.
Mdc Alliance Namibia
Rundu Branch Spokesperson
Robson Ruhanya
