Rule of law should apply to all

Zimbabwe war veterans threaten Tsvangirai over deal

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Wed 22 Oct 2008, 7:48 GMT

HARARE (Reuters) - Zimbabwe's militant war veterans threatened on Wednesday to take action against opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai and urged President Robert Mugabe to form a government without him.

Jabulani Sibanda, who chairs the militant grouping of the veterans of
Zimbabwe's war of independence, said the Movement for Democratic Change
leader was stalling a power-sharing deal, which has hit deadlock over
cabinet posts.

"He is leaving the people of Zimbabwe with one option: to take action," he
told the official Herald newspaper. "If he behaves the way he is behaving,
this nation will take action to defend itself from him."

After reading this piece I was expecting police commissioner Augustine Chihuri to come out swinging and arrest this Jabulani Sibanda since he had made a threat to a member of the Presidium. I have read articles where people have been arrested for just pointing a finger at the President’s motorcade or saying anything derogatory but not threatening his life. If we have this the kind of selective justice, I believe without a shadow of doubt that ZANU PF cannot and should not hold the ministry of Home Affairs as it requires justice for all, MDC and ZANU PF alike. I rest my case.

Chinotimba is still walking the streets a free man after killing our supporters in Buhera. Likewise Jabulani Sibanda threatens our President and he walks the streets a free man. Imagine if Nelson Chamisa or Tendai Biti were to make a threat against Mugabe, I am sure the police will swarm their homes and MDC offices calling for their heads. Cry my beloved country. We have had enough injustices from the police and it is time that we move this important ministry to MDC so we can use it for the rule of law, which is what it is meant for. This is a non-partisan organ of government that ensures everyone who is Zimbabwean is protected with equal protection regardless of political affiliation, race or creed.

By the way that is what President Tsvangirai is fighting for, but to people like Jabulani Sibanda, who is ill-advised he thinks he is stalling negotiations. We are in this situation not because of MDC or its leadership but ZANU PF and its leadership that has failed us badly with Gono in the mix. That is a fact and as such, it is stubbornly true. Even now I still say arrest Jabulani Sibanda, for threatening the life of a national leader!!!!!! If that is the law, then it shall be the law.No one is above the law.