Commissions Watch 27th Nov 2018 [Commission of Inquiry into Post-Election Violence of 1st August]
Hence the presence of the soldiers on the streets of Harare on the 1st August, and anything
they did there, would be legal only if the President himself had authorised their
deployment. And of course, as I have already pointed out, even the President could not
have authorised them to kill demonstrators.
The President has neither admitted nor denied giving the authorisation. If he did not, the
soldiers should not have been there and anything they did to control the disturbances, even
acts short of killing, would have been unlawful.
If the President gave the authorisation it was legal. If someone else gave the order it was
illegal and in that case whoever gave it needs to be identified and brought to book.
The rioting on the 1st August was bad but the killing of people was very much worse. As
Zimbabweans we need to know the truth so we can get on with the process of national healing,
establishing national cohesion and international engagement.
Yours faithfully,
Val Ingham-Thorpe,
Director
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