Let me begin by
stating the WE Zimbabweans demand that which the people of South
Africa, Zambia, Namibia, Malawi, Botswana, Mozambique, now take for
granted: free and fair elections.
The Zimbabwean today
reported that the MDC have today raised concerns that ZANU PF
has built a war chest with 2,200 new vehicles sourced from China
illegally using revenue from diamonds mined from Marange Diamond
Fields. The looted funds should through the Treasury be used
into paying civil servants and on infrastructural development, but
have been diverted by ZANU PF. With the deck heavily stacked in ZANU
PF’s favour, this should give grave concern to all
citizens of Zimbabwe. There is no limit to what clandestine
activities this assortment of single and double-cab 4×4
vehicles, including ranges of Toyota Hilux, Nissan NP300s, Ford
Ranger and Mazda BT50s will be used for. In 2012 it was
reported that a reclusive Chinese businessman, Sam Pa, was
reported to have financed a 2008 covert operation whose purpose was
to prop up Mugabe’s regime. During the 2008 elections the Hong Kong
businessman rolled out millions of dollars that saw the dreaded CIO
buying numerous 4×4 vehicles, many of which were used in the
infamous abductions of ZANU PF’s political opponents. History is
about to repeat itself.
The article also
talks about the electoral fraud that is being master minded and
carried out by a team of about 3 000 Army personnel who are following
up on all the unsuspecting citizens appearing on the anti-sanctions
petition list. This has been with a view to intimidating them into
provide further details for registration and to vote for ZANU PF in
the coming election.
It is my belief that
the intended manipulation of the voter’s roll by ZANU PF is a clear
sign of the desperate measures ZANU PF is willing to undertake to
cling on to power and calls on every serious minded Zimbabwean and
members of the international community to condemn this action in the
strongest terms. We call on The United Nations, EU, SADC, and AU
to apply pressure on ZANU PF to allow election observers into
the country to ensure that for the first time in a long while
Zimbabweans can experience free and fair elections.
WE
ARE WATCHING!!!
Justice Melusi Sibanda
Organising Secretary
– ROHR Zimbabwe/Bradford Branch
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