Earlier in July 2017, the anti-riot police violently disrupted demonstrating MDC-T youths along the streets of Harare who intended to present a petition to the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission on issues of electoral reforms. This turned into violent show down affecting all and sundry. The victims reported that they were attacked with water cannons, rubber bullets, baton sticks, booted feet and tear gas just as they were gathering near the ZEC offices. Members of the public going about their business in the CBD were also victims in this attack. The victims also presented with gunshot (multiple lead pellets) wounds. A trigger happy society is prone to violence as if there is no other means of resolving differences. A lot needs to be done, and now. Zimbabwe should not wait until it is too late. A turgid society drawing towards a watershed election will expect nothing but blood on the floor. This calls for the institutions like Zimbabwe Electoral Commission, Zimbabwe Human Rights Commussion, National Peace and Reconciliation Commission and the Gender Commission to up their acts to ensure that Zimbabwe searches for and finds peace. The political will is important. A change in the methods of getting power must be arrived at the soonest, because the current approaches are costly, directly and indirectly, to our nation. The Forum, therefore, condemns this violent behaviour in the strongest terms possible, and urges every Zimbabwean to value peace and desist from the use of all forms of violence as means of resolving disputes. To the political actors, the Forum also calls upon them to abide by the Code of Conduct for Political Parties, which obligates them to seek peace and maintain order. In view of the upcoming 2018 elections the Forum strongly discourages vexious langauge, metaphores and forms of com munications, including actions, that incite violence; and urges all political leaders to uphold the rule of law, respect for human rights and democracy. Ends//