"This moral trial in which we are going to indict Mugabe was a realisation that justice no longer exists in our courts," Chamisa told journalists in Harare wednesday.
He added: "The trial is to resolve the perpetual state of tyranny perpetrated by Mugabe's illegal regime and start the ball rolling in raising the people's political consciousness.
"The idea is to deal with the current paralysis that has gripped the nation and the verdict of the trial should spark mass protests until we reach a situation where Mugabe's regime accepts the people's demands."
Chamisa said Mugabe would be tried for mortgaging the country to the Libyans by bartering choice investments in the country for fuel, denying the country a new constitution and alleged electoral fraud. Also included in the charges is victimisation of journalists, patronisation of the judiciary, impoverishment of students and workers, displacement of farm workers and the curtailment of academic freedom.
NCA chairman Lovemore Madhuku said the coalition of civic groups and opposition political parties would put mass pressure on the government to ensure that Mugabe's regime yielded to the nation's demands. The demands centre on the drafting of a new constitution and the installation of a legitimate government after a rerun of the presidential election.
The president of the Democratic Party, Wurayayi Zembe, who also represents all opposition political parties in the NCA, said the trial was a political tool the coalition had decided to use because it would assist the process of restoring a legitimate government to the country.
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He added: "The trial is to resolve the perpetual state of tyranny perpetrated by Mugabe's illegal regime and start the ball rolling in raising the people's political consciousness.
"The idea is to deal with the current paralysis that has gripped the nation and the verdict of the trial should spark mass protests until we reach a situation where Mugabe's regime accepts the people's demands."
Chamisa said Mugabe would be tried for mortgaging the country to the Libyans by bartering choice investments in the country for fuel, denying the country a new constitution and alleged electoral fraud. Also included in the charges is victimisation of journalists, patronisation of the judiciary, impoverishment of students and workers, displacement of farm workers and the curtailment of academic freedom.
NCA chairman Lovemore Madhuku said the coalition of civic groups and opposition political parties would put mass pressure on the government to ensure that Mugabe's regime yielded to the nation's demands. The demands centre on the drafting of a new constitution and the installation of a legitimate government after a rerun of the presidential election.
The president of the Democratic Party, Wurayayi Zembe, who also represents all opposition political parties in the NCA, said the trial was a political tool the coalition had decided to use because it would assist the process of restoring a legitimate government to the country.
The Financial Gazette; http://www.fingaz.co.zw