The following is the full text of the petition:
TO:      Mr Robert Gabriel Mugabe-ZANU PF 1st Secretary and President
FROM: MDC Senators and Legislators, Harvest House, Harare
DATE: 26 August 2008
We, the undersigned members of the Movement for Democratic Change elected
both to the Senate and the House of Assembly declare that:
1. This official opening of the 7th Parliament of Zimbabwe is a clear
breach of the Memorandum of Understanding and is therefore of no force and
effect.
2. The purported opening by Mugabe, the illegitimate usurper of the
people’s will as reflected on 29 March 2008, is illegal and of no force and
effect.
3. For the avoidance of doubt, the only person who can officially open
this session of Parliament will be determined by the outcome of the on-going
dialogue sponsored by SADC.
4. The appointment of Senators and governors by Mugabe is an affront
to the MOU and a fraud on the people of Zimbabwe, which wrongfully and
unlawfully was designed to affect and did affect the election of both the
President and Vice President of the Senate.
5. The continued harassment, arrest of MDC legislators and activists
by members of the police and related security institutions is a direct
affront to the will of the people of Zimbabwe.
6. The people of Zimbabwe await anxiously for the resolution of the
SADC-brokered dialogue in order that the humanitarian crisis they face is
urgently and immediately addressed.
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