Minister Makone says ZRP can not stop the political violence because their hands are "tied"!

MDC Home Affairs Minister tell S W Radio Africa that the ZR Police can not stop the growing political violence because their hands are "tied".

I do not think Minister Makone's suggestion that the arrival of the three SADC members to JOMIC will help stop the growing political violence. This is a typical MDC solution to any Zimbabwean problem; passing the buck to SADC. And as usual this will not solve the problem.

What does she expect the SADC member to do? If she, as Zimbabwe's Minister of Home Affairs can not get the ZRP to do their duty of maintaining law and order it is nonsense to say a foreigner will do it.

Whether or not Zimbabwe can hold free elections next year will now hinge on whether or not something can be done to stop the political violence. I believe something can be done to stop the Zanu PF thugs' reign of terror.

By stopping the Police carrying out their constitutional duty of maintaining law and order Mugabe has over stepped the mark. As President Mugabe has the executive powers and parliament has the legislative powers. Parliament also has the power to monitor the performance of all the other arms of government including the individual Ministers and their areas of responsibility and if necessary change or punish the failing one. Parliament can impeach the State President is he should commit any serious offence. Stopping the Police carrying out their duty of maintaining law and order and safe guarding the security and safety of our people is a very serious crime.

Still it would be premature to impeach the President on the basis of Minister Makone’s claim that it is the President who is stopping the ZRP doing their duties. Parliament should put Police Commissioner Augustine Chihuri of the rake to answer why the ZRP has not arresting the party thugs who have been causing all the political violence. The victims of the violence have often supplied the Police the names of those who attached them and yet no one has ever been arrested. Let Chihuri speak for himself.

If Chihuri refuse to appear before parliament or give a satisfactory explanation; then parliament can demand that he is sacked!

If Mugabe should resist having Chihuri sacked just as he has done with AG Tomana and RBZ Governor Gono then parliament should resign on mass.

If parliament can not even get the Police to maintain law and order then parliament is nothing but a tooth dog masquerading as the all powerful guard-dog of the nation. Alternatively, MDC can use its parliamentary majority to impeach Mugabe himself.

It is no secrete that Mugabe has undermined the independence, power and authority of parliament just as he has done with all our other democratic institutions. He has legal or illegally assigned and exercised those powers himself making him the all powerful tyrant he is today. If we are ever going to end his tyrannical rule we have to confront him head-on.

MDC’s habit of turning on to SADC every time Mugabe flexes his tyrannical muscles is the worst kind of cowardice – too cowardly to face Mugabe although they have the power to do they ask other with no power to do anything to fight the tyrant for them!