Government is aware of a renewed bid by the MDC-Alliance
and its allies to relaunch violent demonstrations, and will deal decisively
with elements that are hell-bent on making the country ungovernable, President
Emmerson Mnangagwa has said.
Addressing a sea of Zanu-PF supporters that attended the
ruling party’s Meet the People Rally in Rutenga, Masvingo province, yesterday,
the Head of State and Government said authorities will bring all those who
instigated and stoked the recent violent demonstrations to book.
“Nyika yedu yeZimbabwe, vatakabvisira chingwa pamuromo,
vachena, havasati varegera kurwisa kuti chingwa chidzoke pamuromo yavo nenzira
dzakasiyana.
“There are puppets that they have been creating in the
country that move around preaching violence. We in Zanu-PF want unity and
development of our country.
“If our chiefs preach unity, our churches preach unity and
our party Zanu-PF preaches unity, our country will develop; there is nothing
that will take us back,” said President Mnangagwa.
“When we went to the AU (African Union) last week, first I
had sent some of my members to Sadc countries to brief them on how the violence
had erupted in January.
“Because in areas like Bulawayo, people were moving around
telling others that you must engage in violence and anyone who gets arrested
will have legal representations and there are lawyers waiting to assist.
“They were saying there are doctors waiting to treat those
that get injured. We are going after those doctors and nurses.”
Added the President: “Uyo anenge asarudza humhesvamukono,
aiwa, takakwana, tosangana naye.
“Anenge asarudza runyararo nerugare, hallelujah kwaari,
mazuva ako ngaawedzegwe munyika inotongwa navatema. Asi avo vakasarudza
mhirizhonga, mazuva avo anounyana.”
The violent protesters, he said, had the audacity to bar
people in Harare and Bulawayo from going to work.
“Vaipisa mabhazi, vachipisa police station nemota
dzemapurisa. Makazviona kupi izvozvo?
“Ndikati haiwa, aiwa, hatidi violence, pasi nayo. Ndikati
masoja pindai munyaradze vanhu avo, vakanyaradzwa, saka tava nerugare.
“Ikozvino, vari
kuronga zvekuti vaite mhirizhonga. ‘Aiwa ndiri kuudza nyika yose zvayo kuti
vasingadi runyararo moita izvozvo moinda kumhirizhonga.
“Asi vanoda runyararo, garai kudzimba dzenyu titarisane
nevanenge vachiita mhirizhonga tigovagadzirisa,” he said.
He said investigations were in progress to fish out some
non-governmental organisations (NGOs) that were behind the violence, which
claimed six lives and prejudiced businesses of more than $500 million in
damages and unrealised earnings.
“We saw that the January violence that was organised by the
MDC-Alliance was being backed by some NGO’s. So we are investigating those NGOs
that led to the destruction of a lot of properties and looting of businesses.
“They burnt police cars and killed a police officer. This
was organised by the MDC-Alliance as they were fulfilling what they had said
during the campaign last year, when we were moving around saying we want free,
fair and non-violent elections.
“Asi ava ve MDC-Alliance vaiti tikaita sarudzo idzi
tinofanira ku winner isu, kana tisina kuwinner tichakanda jecha musadza.
Ndozvavaireva izvi, mhirizhonga iriko nhasi, ndokukanda jecha musadza.
“Zvino kune varipano here vanobva kudzimba kwavo vanofarira
kuti nyika iva nemhirizhonga? Hapana.
“Isu mu Zanu-PF ticharamba tichiparidza runyararo. We shall
campaign for peace, for peace, for unity ndokuti hurongwa hwedu hwekusimudzira
nyika yedu hubudirire.”
President Mnangagwa thanked the people of Masvingo for not
being swayed to participate in the violent demonstrations.
Zimbabwe, he said, could only prosper and develop if people
were united.
The President said the Meet the People rallies were also
designed to preach peace and unity.
The rally was attended by Vice President Kembo Mohadi,
senior Zanu-PF members and Government officials. Sunday Mail
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