Biti refutes cop killing allegations on party supporters‏
1 June 2011
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Harare(ZimEye)The MDC formation led by Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai has accused Zanu (PF) elements within the police force of using the unfortunate incident of the death of police inspector Petros Mutedza (42) who was allegedly murdered at a liquor centre in Glen-View, to soil their party.
During a press conference by the party’s Secretary General Tendai Biti at the party headquarters on Wednesday, the MDC said the police through its spokesperson Andrew Phiri had rushed to the national press with the news that MDC supporters had attacked and killed a policeman even before investigations had been done to ascertain whether or not they were MDC supporters.

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Biti said in a bid to justify their earlier accusations that MDC was a violent party, the police rounded up all known party activists and supporters in Glen-View who were brutally assaulted.
“It is clear that some Zanu PF elements in the police are using this unfortunate incident to try to convince SADC that MDC is a violent Party. Our own investigations have revealed that the police officers in question had a fight with patrons at a beer hall following which the late officer was injured. We call upon the police to look at such things as the relationship between the deceased officer and the members of the public in that area,” said Biti addressing journalists at Harvest house.
Biti also called on the police to decisively deal with the issue of the murder of other MDC members and activists with the same vigour that they have employed in the case of the now deceased policeman.
“We reiterate that police must deal decisively in terms of the law with all perpetrators of violence including those who murdered the likes of Tonderai Ndira, Better Chokururama, Godfrey Kauzani and other victims of state sponsored violence. Some Zanu PF elements in the police want to use this unfortunate incident to divert the impending SADC Summit from the real issues,” he said.
He however urged the SADC to endorse the resolution of the Bloc’s Organ on Politics, Defence and Security Cooperation which was held in Zambia on 31 March. Biti said his party was ready for a free and fair election underwritten by SADC and the AU.
“As we have always said before, we are ready for free and fair elections based on a clear roadmap that is underwritten by SADC and the AU. The roadmap must have specific timelines and benchmarks,” he added.
Zanu (PF) has in the recent past launched a propaganda offensive against the MDC to portray the party as a violent party despite it being the traditionally known violent party in the country. Last week another Zanu (PF) supporter Goodson Nguni launched a magazine (Zimbabwe Today) with pictures of brutalized MDC supporters and activists in which it is attributing the brutalities to the MDC while the state media has been a rich ground for hate language against MDC and its leaders despite the party being part of the current government.
Some analysts have warned against Zanu (PF)’s use of incidents like the Glen-View one to legitimize their brutality and violence on the political opponents like MDC supporters during any future election. (ZimEye, Zimbabwe)

9 Replies to “Biti refutes cop killing allegations on party supporters‏”

  1. These are indeed stupid and childish utterances from a suppossed to be respected former gentleman called honourable by default Biti. Leading by example, the stupid minister should have used this press conference to condemn, in its strongest terms the act of violence and worse more, loss of life through thuggery activities by people masquarading as activists of a democratic party. Biti should show in his speaches, evidence of maturity, tolerance and good leadership qualities by accepting responsibility of any ugly scene or incident perpetrated by his party followers, as well as denouncing the same. Padako pako Biti

  2. Those who live by the sword die by the sword. Choya, what of those thousands and thousands that your party killed in the name of”defending sovereignity”.

  3. stupid biti must be dealt with once and for all, even to kill these big headed mdc-t thug by the name biti. how can he support such nonsense when the our cop have been murdered. shut up big mouth biti, but by the way who gave him a ministerial position???? he should be kikcked off. we want gono on this post please. hurrry and put Gono in control

  4. My small comment is that Mr. Biti gets it all very wrong when he says, when MDC-T supporters are killed he wants to see the same energy from the Police that we saw when they went after the killers of the Policeman, . Surely should-be honorable minister? When an MDC activist was killed it was not the police who killed them was it? It was a political fight; ZANU vrs MDC-T with the policeman trying to stop violence. So therefore when a policeman is killed, (murandutsiri wacho chaiye) the whole nation has been extremely provoked. Kudenha Zimbabwe yeseka kuuraya mupurisa. Hamuzvionewo? Nekudaro mapurisa vanofanira kunyanya kushingaira kana mumwe wavo achinge apondwa. hatidi izvozvo.

  5. Apa Mbiti hapana zvawataura makauraya munhu aingoita basa rake asina mhosva full stop.Ko the so called roadmap inopinda papi nekufa kwe mupurisa this is cheap propaganda Mr Mbiti.Anywhere hasvishamise kana zvichitaurwa nemunhu akapotsa aendesa mari yevashandi ye NASSA kunotambisa njuga ku bank rasahwira vake.Thanks for the vigilance of the RBZ.Asi imi vanhu ve MDCTea is the calibre of the “economists” that you have in your party the “Kiya Kiya” type ? I watched the guy presenting the 2011 national budget in November 2010, the man had a hard time trying to explain simple economic terms like balance of trade.

  6. Yes the Honourable Minister of Finance Va Biti is correct. police are using incident to legitimise brutality nxaaaaa!

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