All private property looted Tsvangirai said Friday the farm invasions being reported countrywide,
are frustrating current efforts by the newly formed inclusive
government to redress Zimbabwe's tottering economy.
He said the disruptions, done at the instigation of top officials
within President Robert Mugabe's Zanu PF party, were perpetrated under
the guise of land reform but were in fact acts of theft using
fraudulent offer letters.
Those continuing to undertake these activities will be arrested and
face justice in the courts, Tsvangirai said Friday while addressing
more than 300 delegates to a government consultative forum at the
International Conference Centre in Harare.
The one day indaba, brought together church organisations, diplomats, donor agencies and civic society.
Tsvangirai, who carries the hopes of millions of starving and diseased
Zimbabweans, said he has since tasked the Home Affairs ministry to act
on the crimes.
I have tasked the ministers of home affairs to ensure that all crimes
are acted upon and the perpetrators are arrested and charged, he said.
For too long our culture of entitlement and impunity has stained our
society, but after the signing of the GPA, no crime will go
unpunished.
The Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) leader accused some sections
of society especially Zanu PF politicians who were fraudulently
benefiting from Zimbabwe's economic chaos of hampering efforts to end
the humanitarian crisis in Zimbabwe.
He said while other factors attached to economic prosperity were
largely dependent on the benevolence of the international community,
Zimbabweans could still advance the same objective through methods that
cost no money.
There are many things that we can do to advance this agenda that cost no money, he said.
To enforce the rule of law is free, to work with the former opponents
for the betterment of our country is free, to pass reforming
legislation to promote investor confidence is free.
Thus our development agenda must not be held hostage by our
significant fiscal restraints. Indeed implementing these steps that
cost nothing will pave the way for our economic growth.
Of particular importance is the restoring of the rule of law, without which we will not make progress on any front.
Zimbabwe is at pains to access a US$2 billion short term recovery
package from a hesitant international community to finance government
operations and help kick start a sustained economic recovery process.
The international community has challenged government to restore the rule of law before it could loosen up its purse.
President Mugabe, whose populist policies are blamed for decade long
economic recession, has made repeated pleas to Britain and its allies
to lift sanctions imposed on his government in 2002.