….as law students castigate the judicial system
Police had to, once again, resort to using tear smoke to disperse members of the #Tajamuka who took to the street to protest against poor justice delivery in the country.
After the high court uplifted the ban on demonstrations that had been earlier imposed by government, it was a return to “normalcy” in Harare as members of the Zimbabwe Republic Police took the matter into their hands by firing tear gas at the marchers who were demonstrating peacefully.
The #Tajamuka members, who have been accused of trying to topple and subvert a democratically and constitutionally elected Zanu PF government, were demonstrating against the judicial system in the country which they allege is politically biased towards the ruling party.
Hardlife Mudzingwa, one of the #Tajamuka top executive said “we are here today to tell all the judges especially Justice Chinembiri Bhunu to desist from being partisan.
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“We implore the judicial service to stick to its mandate of delivering just rulings and stop being puppets of (President) Mugabe, if that is not addressed we will take action again, just as we have previously done,” warned Mudzingwa.
It was shortly after Mudzingwa had delivered his speech that members of the ZRP arrived in full riot gear and ordered the pressure group to immediately disperse.
It was not long before tear gas was fired in all directions forcing the demonstration to prematurely end.
There has been a lot of foul cry from opposition party politicians and the nation at large over the manner in which the judicial service system is being held at ransom by the government.
Upon arrival from an unplanned trip to Dubai, President Mugabe, while addressing Zanu PF youths, said Judges were reckless in approving protests and demonstrations to go on.
He labeled judges as being “negligent and reckless” for sanctioning political demonstrations against his Zanu PF government, in the past few weeks.
Meanwhile, Law students in the country have castigated the justice delivery system as being partial and favoring the elite groups of the society.
Students who spoke to 263chat, at one of the country’s universities expressed dismay over the judicial sector and said there are loopholes in the country’s judicial system which need to be corrected if the country is to have fair and balanced rulings.
They urged politicians to desist from influencing court rulings at the expense of the economically challenged members of the society.
