A pamphlet is being distributed today purporting to come from the Movement
for Democratic Change and advocating violence against members of Zanu PF and
the destruction of their property and businesses.
The MDC has never advocated violence in any form. We disassociate ourselves
from the content and purpose of these pamphlets and call on our members and
supporters to continue to observe our peaceful non-violent means of
democratic resistance to the illegal regime led by Robert Mugabe.
Our call for a national “stay at home” campaign was precisely for this
purpose; to provide ordinary Zimbabweans with a chance to show their
displeasure at the refusal of the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission to release
the results of the recently held elections that were clearly won outright by
the MDC.
It is the view of the MDC that these pamphlets are a crude attempt to incite
the people to commit acts of violence and thereby justify the present
violent clamp down on all MDC structures around Zimbabwe and against MDC
supporters. It will also be used to justify a state of emergency and this
can only further heighten tensions and exacerbate the existing crisis in the
country.
The MDC urges all its members to ignore this call to violence and to
recognise that this is a just another attempt to force an escalation of the
tensions and chaos in the country.
Nelson Chamisa
Secretary for Information and Publicity.
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