source: SW Radio Africa
By Tichaona Sibanda
14 July 2009
The All-Stakeholders Conference, aimed at drafting a new national constitution, resumed in the capital Tuesday, amid unprecedented security at the Harare International Conference Centre.
The police, who were accused of letting things get out of hand without intervening, responded by throwing a ‘ring of steel’ around the venue, after the violent disruption Monday. A group of Mugabe’s notorious war-veterans and militia, led by Youth Minister Saviour Kasukuwere and Patrick Zhuwawo, Mugabe’s nephew, had drowned out the proceedings with singing and dancing, while throwing water bottles at delegates. One MDC councillor was hospitalised because of his injuries.
The principals to the GPA, Robert Mugabe, Morgan Tsvangirai and Arthur Mutambara, appeared on state television Monday evening condemning the disturbances and warned they would not ‘brook any [continue reading]
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