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Re-Education

GNU WAS THE PRODUCT OF A CRIME.

THEREFORE THE ZIMBABWE CONSTITUTION AND WHITE

FARMER COMPENSATION ARE VOIDABLE.

n 2008, unfree and unfair impacts of these sanctions and MDC won a majority in parliament,
elections were held in Zimba- declared them illegal, a violation of and they never challenged those
bwe, in an environment where international law and human rights. results, illustrating MDC’s active rat-
Ione political party was being I have been saying the same for the ification of the fairness of the 2008
assisted by 7 years of illegal coercive past four years, that they are illegal parliamentary elections.
measures (a crime against humanity) measures that have been identified
and economic sabotage by the west as crimes against humanity [in the Then, in the Presidential results,
upon Zimbabwe. UNHRC resolution 34/13] that de- none of the candidates who con-
prive people of their human rights, tested the first round, got more than
Through these crimes against hu- which include social, economic, 50% plus-one to be President.
manity, the west were punishing the political and democratic rights.
Zimbabwean people by preventing None of the parties challenged this
the government from delivering And history shows clearly that MDC first round of Presidential results
basic services to its citizens, to force were assisted by this crime against either (even though they were unfree
the people to vote for MDC in humanity (sanctions) to get votes in and unfair and tilted to MDC’s favor
elections to achieve undemocratic the 2002 Presidential elections and by sanctions), thus, those contes-
regime change. the 2008 harmonized elections, after tants agreeing to a run off, was an
people were forced to vote for them endorsement of the first Presidential
NOTE: As a consequence of these to end 6 years of suffering under election results, as being legitimate.
unilateral coercive measures, a UN sanctions. There was then a run off which
special envoy visited Zimbabwe in Morgan pulled out of 5 days before
October to measure the negative As a result (after these elections), elections, citing violence, conve-

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