Zimondi is of the sick idea that all the murders that were committedduring the run-up to the run-off presidential elections should be sweptaside because these were crimes committed for political ends. How sickcan an official be?
Zimondi also told his subordinates to stop victimizing junior officersin the ZPS as this was no longer tolerable. It is therefore obviousthat prior to the setting up of the inclusive government such practicewas tolerable, if not encouraged by none other than the Commissionerhimself. Junior officials were always suspected of being supporters ofthe MDC.
This same practice is also rampant in the police force and in themilitary service. It is this sick mentality that the Prime Minister(PM) will find most difficult to transform in the new Zimbabwe. My viewis that people like Zimondi, Chihuri, Chiwenga and Shiri, should bewritten off as well beyond rehabilitation for effective service in thenew Zimbabwe. They should simply be pensioned off and dismissed formgovernment service.
They are poison among our public servants. They need to be replaced byyounger and more enlightened officers who have respect for the laws ofthis land. It is not enough for Zimondi to advise that theanti-Tsvangirai comments that he had made in the past should bedisregarded. The man has to apologise to the PM as well as submit hisresignation and go home.
What is even more depressing is the fact that, by and large, thesefellows are grossly inefficient in the running of their entities. Forexample, just one look at the picture of prison inmates sleeping atChikurubi (published in the Standard of 29.03.09) gives you the creeps.It is unbelievable that there are human beings in this country that areforced to live like that for years.
This is one of the outfits that crazy old Zimondi is responsible for.It is obvious that some of these inmates never wake up the followingday, and it is not news at all, not to Zimondi. This is one area wherewell-thought out reforms could be implemented without the need formassive injections of foreign assistance.
We challenge the inclusive government to tackle this serioushumanitarian situation as soon as possible in order to save lives.There is little to be expected from Zimondi, whose primary concern ishis farm and blind loyalty to Zanu (PF).
It is unfortunate to have to express the sentiments that for somereason, the inclusive government seems to be dragging its feet when itcomes to addressing issues of gross violations of human rights and theadministration of justice. Admittedly, we are still cursed with alargely partisan judiciary and a rabidly unjust Attorney General.Transforming the judiciary and the prison systems in this country islikely to be among the last activities that the Tsvangirai governmentis likely to tackle. They could perhaps begin by cleaning house fromthe top to the bottom. Make Zimondi and his ilk go home to their farms,please!
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