THE deafening silence from church organisations following
the killing of a soldier in cold blood in Chivhu and attempts by the opposition
to protect the bandits portray their duplicity as puppets of Western nations.
In a Press statement, ZANU PF Youth League acting secretary
Cde Tendai Chirau saluted the country’s servicemen and women who have been at
the frontline fighting the Covid-19 pandemic and condemned the acts of banditry
that resulted in the death of a soldier on duty.
“It is, however, greatly disconcerting that some criminal
and lunatic elements in our society would conceive of killing in cold blood,
soldiers deployed for this important duty. All progressive and patriotic
elements of our society must see this attack against our security forces as not
only an attack against Zimbabwe, but also as an effort to throw off course the
current efforts to combat Covid-19,” said Cde Chirau.
Swift action from a combined force of the country’s police
and soldiers saw the two assailants who stormed a police station in Chivhu
being killed and Cde Chirau warned anyone who harbours such terrorist thinking
that the long arm of the law will catch up with them.
“This profanity of our nationhood should never be allowed
to recur, and the incident should serve as sufficient warning to any would-be
malefactors. We hereby reiterate without equivocation, our position that any
act of aggression against our dedicated Covid-19 frontline cadres is an act of
war, and that any manipulation of this situation for personal, sectarian and
political gain at the expense of national safety is treasonous.
“This sums up our opinion of equally deranged fly-by-night
political lawyers who continue to “impress” their foreign handlers with vapid
talk of “civilian space”, in defence of trigger-happy criminals.
“Needless to say that such retrogressive and self-hating
sentiments manifest in words that demonise our security forces for defending
the nation are not shocking coming from the usual unpatriotic voices. Bandits
have no portion in civilian space, and defending them is an act of terror
against the lawful citizens of Zimbabwe,” said Cde Chirau.
Founder of Destiny for Africa Reverend Obadiah Msindo said
the murder of a serviceman by two bandits was meant to give credence to the
opposition claims that there is a crisis in Zimbabwe ahead of a visit by the
South African ruling party the African National Congress (ANC) which is due to
meet the ruling party Zanu PF for bilateral engagements.
He said since failing to subvert the will of the people
through unsanctioned demonstrations in July, the opposition has been hard at
work trying to depict Zimbabwe as a country in crisis and the killing of a
soldier in Chivhu is a case in point.
“What happened in Chivhu is unacceptable and it must be
condemned by all peace loving Zimbabweans, the killing of soldiers on duty,
even if they were not on duty by criminals should be condemned, but the Church
which is always quick to accuse the Government is worryingly silent, why aren’t
their condemning this act of anarchy.”
Rev Msindo also condemned the MDC-A’s attempts to portray
the shooting of the two assailants as extra-judicial killing saying the
opposition is desperate to fan anarchy in Zimbabwe and would prefer a situation
where armed bandits roam freely.
MDC-A spokesperson Fadzayi Mahere has condemned the lawful
shooting of the criminals who shot members of the security forces after they
had been tracked by the country’s security forces on Sunday.
This is despite the fact that the duo, who were armed with
AK47 assault rifles,were firing at law enforcement agents as they tried to
evade arrest. Herald
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