MDC demands justice from AG
By KING SHANGO
Published on: 23rd August, 2009
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ZIMBABWE – HARARE – The MDC has written to the Attorney-General’s office for it to urgently deal with over 180 cases of murdered MDC supporters who were killed by Zanu PF and State security agents last year.
In a letter dated 20 August, 2009, the MDC said despite most of the cases having been reported to the Zimbabwe Republic Police (ZRP) nothing suggested that police investigations ever took off.
“Reports in some cases were made to the local ZRP stations but the report references were not given to the informants. The police have not gone back to the informants or relatives to inform them of the levels of achievements in their efforts to deal with the said matters in accordance to the law,” the MDC security director, Chris Dhlamini said.
“There is nothing to indicate that investigations ever took off. Some of the deceased were buried without having undergone post mortem examinations to determine the cause of their deaths.”
“No death certificates are in place in cases where post mortem examinations were not carried out, a matter which has created problems for the relatives of some of the deceased’s, especially where the deceased left behind children with no birth certificates and in some cases debts,” he said.
Dhlamini said in terms of section 76(4a), the Attorney General had the power to order the Police Commissioner-General to investigate and report to him on any matter which in his opinion relates to any criminal offence or suspected criminal offence.
“The deaths occurred in 2008, over a period of time extending from April 2008 to December 2008. Total number so far verified as having lost their lives is 183 people. We will forward to you any further reports from our members as they come.
Information available suggests that the deceased were murdered, by, in some cases people who the deceased’s relatives and neighbors will be able to identify or name,” Dhlamini wrote in his letter, which was also copied to SADC, JOMIC, the Public Protector and Ministers of National Healing and Reconciliation.
“Our Party believes that anyone found responsible for the politically motivated murders be prosecuted.”
Dhlamini wrote that the MDC believed that a proper investigation of the matter would be useful in that it would shape the form and content of national healing and reconciliation which the government and the MDC are participating in.
Over 500 MDC supporters were killed by Zanu PF and State security agents last year.
