VMCZ maintains that AIPPA remains an undemocratic law that arbitrarily inhibits media freedom and freedom of expression. Mr. Kagonye's case is but the latest example of the undemocratic character of this Act of Parliament.
The VMCZ calls upon Parliament and government to urgently repeal AIPPA and as a direct result thereof enable journalists and publishers to operate in a free and democratic media environment that does not criminalise the media or freedom of expression.
Where the Legislature and Executive fail to do so, freedom of expression and access to information will remain the remote preserve of the few and not the majority of Zimbabwe's citizens.