• Some politicians were accused of being insincere in their call for reconciliation. • The reconciliation process should be locally driven with the assistance of credible civil society. 7. OBSERVATIONS • This meeting had been initially cancelled by the police. • The meeting was attended by members of the main political parties: MDC–T and ZANU(PF). Some of the political activists were identified by fellow participants as perpetrators of political violence. • During the meeting, emotions were boiling up, with women accusing politicians of preaching peace only during the day. One of the participants reported that there had been a national healing meeting where people were asked to ‘confess’ without fear and yet later they were thoroughly beaten. • Not all participants were comfortable with the process of transitional justice being led by the politicians and traditional leadership or some church leaders because they believed these lacked local legitimacy because of their part in violence. 50 Taking Transitional Justice to the People – Outreach Report