Major General S.B Moyo addressing crowds in Harare during the political transition that removed Mr R.G Mugabe.
Source: Al Jazeera/Tendai Marima
10.2.
Peace Architecture Institutional Design, Process and Scope
Besides
institutional
readiness,
the
NPRC processes are anticipated to meet
the peoples’ expectations by taking
into consideration both victims and
perpetrators interests and positions without
compromising the objectives of facilitating
peace and reconciliation interventions.
Therefore, a meaningful national healing
and reconciliation processes should
allow
inclusive
citizen
engagement,
participation and peaceful resolution of
disputes. However, such an environment is
determined by the peace and reconciliation
architectural design, nature of interventions
implemented and the attitude of other
complementary structures. Below are the
study’s observations on popular institutional
structure, processes and outcomes.
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i) Structure of the National Peace
Architecture
The depth and breadth of the
NPRC’s institutional structural design
determines its operational independence
and accessibility by victims and
perpetrators. The study, observed that
the communities are happier to have
the NPRC reach from the national to
the lowest local government levels.
The body should set up administrative
centres at ward, district, province and
national levels. This approach will allow
communities to easily access the NPRC
services. In addition, a functional peace
and reconciliation process would remove
bureaucratic challenges especially where
the community can address peace and
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