their leaders at the national level. In this context, it is important to note
that the national leadership both in government and within the
opposition movement has pledged a peaceful, free and fair election.
ZPP will thus continue to monitor the situation and engage, among
others, the police and the national party leaders of all the political
parties to ensure that the mantra of a peaceful, free and fair election
holds true.
Figure 4 Violence at MDC-T Harvest House Offices
Conclusion
Going into the future, especially in view of the impending election, ZPP
will continue to monitor the situation on the ground throughout the
country not only for the purposes of documenting human rights
violations but more importantly in order to detect the early warning
signs of political/electoral violence with a view to devising necessary
intervention measures, including engaging political parties, law
enforcement agents and other government agencies. From the
observations made above, ZPP will endeavour to engage or continue to:
Engage all the political parties, especially the leadership of Zanu
PF, to stop party members from intimidating and harassing the
electorate or discriminating against political or perceived political
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