Aimed at bridging the gap between members of opposing political organizations, the program bases its approach on Rwanda’s so-called gacaca courts based on traditional justice systems where those accused of crimes, and their victims, are united in a reveal-all style.
The Movement for Democratic Change, in opposition before the 2008 elections in which it won a parliamentary majority, says more than 300 of its supporters were killed last year by youth militia and war veterans aligned with the then-ruling ZANU-PF party of President Robert Mugabe. Hundreds of thousands of MDC supporters were also displaced internally.
Catholic Commission National Director Alois Chaumba told reporter Jonga Kandemiiri of VOA’s Studio 7 for Zimbabwe that program aims to help Zimbabweans recover harmony and tranquility within their communities regardless of political affiliations.
By Jonga Kandemiiri
Washington
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