“It is a real notion which Mnangagwa has carried on, which
says that if the majority is quiet, then we will beat you (the minority) up, we
will arrest you.”
“Let us work on political reforms until we get to the next
election. We support the idea of an all-stakeholder’s platform where we can
have a continuous discussion, but this relates to those who are not political
parties. Political parties must come to Polad,” he said.
Madhuku said the increase in human rights abuses in the
country should be raised in the Polad platform.
Polad, a forum of fringe political parties that lost the
2018 elections was created by Mnangagwa. Madhuku is a member of that platform.
“I know that in the political environment, there are
complaints of human rights abuses. I want to make it clear that as the NCA, we
believe in human rights observance. We check whether the country is going by
human rights observance.
“We do not look at the majority of the people; we look at
the most active minority. You are judged in relation to that most active
minority. It’s a matter of how you treat those people, and that is how your
human rights observance is judged. Human rights are about respect for everyone,
including those that are regarded as the minority.”
The NCA leader said Mnangagwa’s administration was mistaken
in believing that human rights were only a preserve of the majority.
“I think the government is mistaken there, and this is
coming from President Robert Mugabe’s legacy, which says if the majority are
not complaining (you are observing human rights). You are (only) three or four
people complaining,” he said.
Mugabe was removed by the military in a coup in November
2017. He later died in a Singapore hospital in 2019. Newsday
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