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Original Post Date: 2011-02-15 Time: 07:00:02 Posted By: News Poster
By Caiphas Chimhete
Chimanimani – Zanu PF officials and traditional leaders here are forcing villagers to attend rallies and to append their signatures to a petition calling for the removal of targeted sanctions against President Robert Mugabe and his inner circle.
The villagers, the majority of whom cannot afford a decent meal a day, are also being ordered to fork out between US$3 and US$5 to buy Zanu PF cards.
It is suspected that some of the money would be channelled towards hosting Mugabe’s birthday party later this month.
Mugabe, who has been in power since independence in 1980, turns 87 years on February 21.
Those who refuse to sign the petition are threatened with violence or death during the forthcoming referendum on the new constitution and elections expected later this year.
“The meetings are held at village level to make sure that the militia can monitor all those who refuse to sign the petition,” said one resident of Gudyanga Village under Chief Muusha.
“They were however shocked at one of the meetings when the majority of the people refused to sign and left the venue.
“Only a handful of Zanu PF supporters and those who were too afraid signed the petition.”
The petition had no letterhead and did not indicate the person or organisation that is behind the sanctions project.
Zanu PF blames the country’s economic crisis on sanctions imposed on Mugabe, 203 of his cronies and 40 firms linked to the former ruling party by the West.
MDC-T councillor for Ward 20 in Chimanimani district, Zekias Nhachi confirmed that villagers were being threatened with death if they refused to sign the Zanu PF-sponsored petition.
“Village heads here were telling people that soldiers will come and deal with all those who had not signed the petition,” he said.
“But we told our supporters not to sign because we did not impose the sanctions and have no powers to remove them.”
At the meetings, terrified villagers were reminded of the June 2008 violence during which at least 200 MDC activists were murdered by suspected state security agents, Zanu PF militia and war veterans.
There have been reports of villagers being forced to sign the petition in Mashonaland East, West and Central, as well as Masvingo and Gutu.
In Harare, this is restricted to high-density areas such as Mbare, Epworth, Kambuzuma and Warren Park where residents are being forced to attend Zanu PF meetings.
Zanu PF youth militia move from house to house ordering residents to attend their party meetings.
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Original date published: 13 February 2011
Source: http://allafrica.com/stories/201102150372.html?viewall=1