06-04-2021
Today MDC Alliance Youth Assembly National Executive Committee member and a hero of our struggle Makomborero Haruzivishe will appear at Rotten Row Magistrate Courts for sentencing following his conviction last Wednesday on trumped charges of ‘inciting violence’.
Cde Mako as Haruzivishe is popularly referred to faces up to 20 years in prison for a crime he did not commit.
As per our norm we call upon all progressive young people to make way to the courts today in solidarity with our fellow comrade.
Silence or fence sitting at this juncture is by de facto supporting the regime in persecuting young people.
The persecution by prosecution of Makomborero Haruzivishe by Emmerson Mnangagwa’s corrupt dictatorship is a clear declaration of war on all young people.
This is no longer a Makomborero Haruzivishe affair as the regime wants to silence all of us from speaking to issues affecting our lives.
The persecution of Cde Mako is a clear test on our resolve to resist suppression by the regime.
Today is Cde Mako but if we do not collectively resist to this persecution by showing solidarity to one of our own, the regime will pick us one by one like chickens ready for slaughter.
Cde Mako represents our aspirations as young people hence we are duty bound to stand in solidarity with him and the first port of call is attending today’s court in full force in our numbers.
Giving insight on our nervous conditions must never be treated as inciting violence.
The greatest form of violence is denying us a voice which is exactly what this regime is bent on.
They want us to see no evil and hear no evil when they loot the national cake.
We can not nod our heads in agreement when they abduct and torture young people.
We can not be in complicit when at every turn this regime is sending young people to jail pre-trial.
These are Cde Mako’s genuine concerns and the very reasons he is being sentenced today.
Indeed they ring sense to all of us hence it is not Mako on trial but all progressive young people.
Failure to act or silence is betrayal!
Resistance and resilience is a must as we pursue the #People’s Agenda 2021.
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Stephen Sarkozy Chuma
MDC Alliance Youth Assembly National Spokesperson
