Mugabe can stop all this madness

Reports of meetings between Zimbabwe’s securocrats and officials of the MDC-T have resulted in the arrest of media personnel — a regrettable development at a time when the country is moving towards elections and the public expects to see a diversity of views. There is no doubt this unwarranted development could have been avoided if political leaders, especially President Robert Mugabe, who has of late vowed to do everything in his power to ensure a free, fair and peaceful election, had indeed done everything in his power to make good his promise.

There is no doubt that the Zimbabwean law, including political agreements enshrined in the Global Political Agreement, and international democratic best practice, does not allow military and other security arms of government to meddle in electoral processes.

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