90% of cops voted for Tsvangirai

Supt Mumba of  PPU (Police Presidential Unit), Tomlinson Depot, Harare, revealed this at a meeting of members of the police force and their families. They were then formally instructed to vote for the Zanu (PF) candidate, Robert Mugabe, in the proposed presidential election run-off.Official documents leaked to The Zimbabwean on Sunday include a police force mandate dated 7 May, 2008, which summoned all members of the force and their families in Mashonaland East to the provincial headquarters last week.

A serving member who was present at the meeting said he was ashamed at the depth to which his superiors had sunk in their craven support for the aging dictator. He said he was amazed that his superiors had failed to take into account the poor salaries and working conditions of the junior officers, that had deteriorated drastically under Mugabe’s rule, because they want to defend their luxury lives at the expense of us. He begged the MDC, the nation at large and the international community to ensure that the postal ballot be abolished – otherwise they will rig this run-off.

The source reported that Mumba told those present:
I am talking to the security forces who know how to keep official secrets. As members of the ZRP we are loyal to the President who happens to be the leader of the ruling party, which is Zanu (PF). During the previous election, 90% of you officers voted for the opposition party which is MDC, and this is a surprise to me that even to note that Chikurubi Dept. has a carrying capacity of about 1000 members, but only 20 members voted for the ruling party.

I am here with on order from the top to tell you that this time around you don’t have to repeat a mistake. We let you free to go and vote in your wards, knowing that you will vote for Zanu (PF) one common party. And you betrayed us.The order here is that no single member is going to vote at ward level. Which means that every police officer will vote by POSTAL BALLOT, so that you won’t betray the party again.

We all agreed here that we are all members of the Zanu (PF) and every single member is going to cast their ballots in the presence of their Officer in Charge. Whether you are there or not the Officer in Charge will use a Nominal Roll and will cast for you. And this includes those of the C Branch (Nieghbourhood Watch)  because they are as well police officers.

This is a force, that’s why it is termed Police Force. Because we work by orders and this is an order from the superiors.  And this does not only applies to the Police force but to the disciplined forces that are ZNA and ZPS. That now as I speak the other superiors of our friendly force are addressing meetings at different places for the same mandate.