Supporters of President Emmerson Mnangagwa’s ZANU PF party gather to march for non-violent, free and fair general elections in Harare, Zimbabwe, June 6, 2018. Philimon Bulawayo/Reuters
In the report, 195 human rights violations which include assault, displacement, sexual harassment and unlawful detention were recorded.
Ordinary citizens were the majority of the victims.
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Zanu PF has the capacity to escalate the violence to nauseating heights because the party operatives have the backing of the state machinery as we have seen happen especially in the 2008 run-off. The nation did not see the same level of violence in 2013 and 2018 elections but only because Zanu PF was certain of landslide victories. If Zanu PF feels its hold on power is under threat, the party will step on the gas and escalate the violence.
The nation should not be going into these elections without first implementing the democratic reform to end the corrupting influence of Zanu PF on the Police and other state institutions, for example. We are going into these flawed elections because of MDC greed.