Mark said a peaceful referendum was no guide to what will happen in the coming elections. The next few months would be crucial given the tell-tale signs already present of intimidation and violence which characterized Zanu (PF)’s electioneering in the past.
The Vigil and ACTSA marked Referendum Day by inviting people to write messages of hope for free and fair elections on red paper roses which were deposited in a transparent voting box.
The main event of the day was the presentation of a petition to 10 Downing Street by the Vigil’s sister organization Restoration of Human Rights in Zimbabwe, appealing to the UK government not to send home failed asylum seekers in the face of likely election violence.
A letter to the Prime Minister, David Cameron, said there had been a disturbing campaign of police harassment of civil society organisations ahead of the elections, accompanied by increasing violence. ROHR spokesperson Fungayi summed up our view: ‘The referendum is a charade. Mugabe has once again outwitted the MDC. Four years and more than $100 million have been wasted on this defective constitution when what is really needed is action to ensure free and fair elections’.
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