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Herald Reporter
Preparations for the Anti-Sanctions Day, which will be commemorated on October 25 are at an advanced stage, with youths in Harare geared to show the world that they need to decide their own destiny without the albatross of the debilitating economic embargoes.
The Herald visited some of the offices were thousands of banners were being made in the city.
Some of the them were inscribed “Africa Says no to sanctions”, “Free Up Zimbabwe; break the chains”, “Free up Africa”, “Remove Sanctions against Zimbabwe”, “Sanctions are an attack on all Zimbabweans”, “Economic sanctions are destroying our future”, “Lift sanctions against Zimbabwe” and “Say no to sanctions”, among other messages denouncing sanctions.
They were being made by a local organisation called Zimbabweans Independent Youths Organisation (ZIYO) led by Mr Posan Chitendere, who is the chairman.
“We have come up with ideas for every citizen to join the march against economic restrictions imposed on our beloved country, Zimbabwe as one team,” he said.
He urged youths to come out in numbers during the day.
President Mnangagwa on Wednesday commended the country’s citizens for resisting machinations by the country’s detractors to effect regime change through the use of illegal economic sanctions imposed to alienate the people from Zanu PF by the United States and is allies.
The President told the Zanu PF Politburo that sanctions should immediately be removed as they are illegal, unjustified, and counter-productive.
The call comes after President Mnangagwa this week met with the United Nations special rapporteur, Ms Alena Douhan, who is in the country to assess the impact of unilateral coercive measures on enjoyment of human rights. She is on a 10-day fact-finding mission whose outcome is expected to give the world a clear picture of the debilitating effects of the illegal sanctions.
The high-profile visit by Ms Douhan follows the United Nations Human Rights Council resolution 34/13 of 2017, which stresses that unilateral coercive measures and legislation were contrary to international law, international humanitarian law, the charter and norms and principles governing peaceful relations among states.
President Mnangagwa said the Government will continue calling for the unconditional removal of sanctions which are affecting the general populace.
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