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and Chitungwiza, but conceded there were skirmishes in the city recently involving members of some political parties fighting over the control of flea market stalls.
Jomic said sanity was prevailing in Harare and Chitungwiza and there were no incidences of politically-motivated violence reported between May and this month.
The peaceful situation in Harare and Chitungwiza was reported to be a reflection of developments obtaining countrywide.
Jomic now wants to establish political violence monitoring committees in the remaining nine provinces to ascertain the extent of the violence some sections of the media were alleging.
Giving reports on the political situation in their respective areas in Harare yesterday, Jomic district liaison committees said peace prevailed in the whole of Harare although there were few skirmishes in some suburbs, such as Mbare.
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All the three political parties, Zanu-PF and the two MDC formations in the inclusive Government are represented in the liaison committees that carried out the investigations.
Jomic’s observations have put paid to claims by MDC-T that there was politically-motivated violence in Harare.
At a feedback meeting held at the Jomic offices in Harare yesterday, Harare south district, which covers Waterfalls and Mbare, said there was peace in their area of jurisdiction.
The district said there were, however, interparty fights over market stalls at Mupedzanhamo flea market.
Zanu-PF and the MDC formations are resolving the matter at the district level.
According to the report on events at Mupedzanhamo, some MDC supporters were demanding space at the market already allocated to Zanu-PF members, leading to clashes.
Peace is prevailing in Chitungwiza with no incidences of interparty political violence and the situation is the same in Epworth.
A minor incident was reported in Harare North, which covers Borrowdale, but according to the district liaison committee there, the matter was resolved by the police while there were no incidences of politically-motivated violence reported in Mabvuku-Tafara, Highfield and Harare Central.
In a bid to address violence that rocked Harare and some parts of the country a couple of months ago, Jomic this year formed district liaison committees.
The committees deal with political violence at district and provincial levels in their respective communities.
In Harare, the committees cover seven districts – Chitungwiza, Epworth, Harare North/Borrowdale, Harare South, Highfield, Tafara-Mabvuku and Harare Central.
The Shortage of resources is negatively impa-cting on the operations of Jomic and at yesterday’s meeting some members of the district liaison committees said they were using their own resources to do their duties.
Negotiators to the Global Political Agreement have acknowledged the need to fund Jomic in order for the organisation to carry out its duties effectively.
There has, however, been a tendency by MDC-T to play victim although police last month released a report in which the Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai-led party topped the national violence reco- rd.
According to the report, MDC-T was involved in more than 20 incidences of violence countrywide between January and April this year.
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