adminWhat is Madzore, who is on bail on charges of murdering a police inspector, and his MDC-T really up to?
Madzore, and 28 other MDC-T youths stand accused of killing police Inspector Petros Mutedza in Glen View in 2011.
One would have thought the 14 months Madzore spent behind bars would have taught him a lesson.
While we might not want to delve into the murder allegations because they are sub judice, Madzore forces us to formulate opinions about the allegations.
We think that threatening to take up arms against the people is going too far for Madzore.
We also wonder why he thinks taking up the arms is as easy as making the threats.
But then, Madzore’s utterances fall within the scope of what his party stands for.
What has the MDC-T achieved since its formation, except for inviting violence upon the people first in the form of sanctions, then destructive engagement?
The MDC-T is a party whose foundations are rooted in violence and the evidence is there for all to see.
The violence does not only start with the likes of Madzore, it is entrenched within the party’s hierarchy, starting with its leader Mr Morgan Tsvangirai who has been fingered several times in intra-party probes.
Take the following statement for instance: “What we would like to tell Mugabe today is please go peacefully. If you don’t want to go peacefully, we will remove you violently”.
This was way back on September 30 2000 when Mr Tsvangirai made the remarks at Rufaro Stadium during a rally to mark the party’s first anniversary.
In the years that followed, Mr Tsvangirai and his party unleashed violence of greater magnitude on the nation, leaving a trail of destruction, maiming people who included members of the security forces.
This is why we were not surprised when Madzore, a loose cannon angling for Parliament, threatened Zimbabweans with bloodshed on Sunday.
Apart from threatening bloodshed and taking up arms to fight if they lose the harmonised elections on July 31, Madzore also belittled them for daring to fight to liberate the country.
Well, we might want to attribute Madzore’s utterances to youthfulness but then this man is three years shy of 40, he should know better. If he has any of the brains promised the grasshopper, he should apologise to the nation. Zimbabwe can ill-afford such barbarism.
If it was true that Zimbabwe lacks democracy, Madzore could by now be wailing behind bars for treason and making public threats to start a war.
We are not really impressed with Madzore and his party’s threats of war at a time other political parties like Zanu-PF are busy counselling their supporters to desist from violence.
As a youth leader, Madzore must not fool his colleagues in the MDC-T into believing that taking arms is an easy task.
We know that MDC-T is determined to spoil the prevailing peaceful environment in a bid to not only trash the political environment, but to also provide fodder for its Western allies to discredit the poll.
The party has since unleashed a wave of intra- and inter-party political violence ahead of the elections.
And the statistics are really shocking.
Nearly 50 cases of political violence committed since January are attributed by the police to MDC-T.
In all the recorded cases, MDC-T supporters were at the forefront of attacking their colleagues or those from other political parties, especially Zanu-PF.
The party ended up suspending some primary elections and the verification process for its legislators in parts of the country as the violence escalated.
Journalists have also not been spared, with Mashudu Netsianda of Chronicle and Herbert Moyo of The Zimbabwe Independent falling victim to MDC-T thugs in separate incidents in Harare and Bulawayo in recent months.
Again Mr Tsvangirai was at the forefront of inciting his supporters to attack journalists who do not toe his party line.
Most of the MDC-T violence has been recorded countrywide.
We urge MDC-T leaders to respect life and refrain from inciting their supporters to resort to violence.
This is why we take Madzore’s threats of violence seriously, but he should be warned, he is out on bail.
The moment he endangers society he will be a guest of the State for a long time.
Online Reporter