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辛巴威山雨欲來 大罷工前夕部隊佈署全國
法新社╱簡長盛 2008-04-15 10:05
(法新社辛巴威首都哈拉雷十四日電)辛巴威法院拒絕下令政府宣布總統大選結果後,反對黨呼籲自十五日起進行全國大罷工。穆加比總統則已在大罷工前夕下令安全部隊在全國各地佈防。
崔凡吉萊領導的反對黨已呼籲辛巴威人民,表態反對政府持續拖延宣布選舉結果,自十五日起展開大罷工,直到政府公布三月二十九日的總統大選結果為止。
警方指控崔凡吉萊的民主改革運動試圖造成惡意破壞,並且發表聲明威脅說:「破壞和平的人將遭到嚴厲和堅定的處置。」
辛巴威警政署發言人布弗齊吉納說,軍警部隊已被派往全國各地。外交界人士並且說,軍方已經部署在通往首都哈拉雷的交通要道上。
暴亂可能會升高的另外一個跡象是,反對黨宣稱,它的一名助選員於上週末遭穆加比支持者刺死。反對黨說,這是大選後第一起有政治動機的謀殺行為。
警方證實這宗死亡案,但表示,兇手行兇的動機尚不清楚。
一度是非洲區域典範的辛巴威,在穆加比執政下經濟已經崩潰,通貨膨脹率全球最高,甚至連基本食物如麵包和烹調用油也缺乏,已有三百萬人逃到鄰國。
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Zimbabwe opposition strikers face police crackdown
by Godfrey Marawanyika
21 minutes ago
HARARE (AFP) - Zimbabwe opposition supporters face the prospect of a heavy crackdown by security forces Tuesday if they heed a call to launch a general strike to show their disgust at long-delayed election results.
Police have been deployed throughout the country in anticipation of the strike called by Morgan Tsvangirai's opposition in a bid to pressurise the country's electoral commission (ZEC) to release presidential election results.
Tsvangirai's Movement for Democratic Change has been accused by police of trying to cause mayhem with the strike, launched on the back of a failed court bid to force the release of the March 29 presidential poll.
National police spokesman Wayne Bvudzijena said police had been deployed throughout the country and "those who breach the peace will be dealt with severely and firmly".
"The call by the MDC Tsvangirai faction is aimed at disturbing peace and will be resisted firmly by the law enforcement agents whose responsibility is to maintain law and order in any part of the country," he said.
The impact of any general strike is likely to be muted as unemployment is already running at more than 80 percent.
Previous stay-aways called by the opposition and its allies in the Zimbabwe Congress of Trade Unions have flopped with few of the people still in work wanting to risk a day's pay.
However the opposition is aware that President Robert Mugabe still exerts an iron grip over the security forces and is wary of sending its supporters on to the streets to protest the current impasse.
Police have banned all political rallies.
In March last year Tsvangirai himself sustained serious head injuries as the government cracked down on opposition attempts to stage an anti-government rally.
Tensions have been steadily mounting in the southern African nation over the poll, which Tsvangirai says he won outright while Mugabe's ruling party is preparing for a run off.
In a further sign of mounting unrest, the opposition claimed that one of its election agents had been stabbed to death by Mugabe supporters over the weekend in what it claimed was the first politically motivated killing since the polls.
Police confirmed that the agent, Tapiwa Mubwanda, had been killed but said the motive had yet to be established.
A petition by the MDC to get the high court to call for the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission to immediately declare the outcome was on Monday dismissed with costs by Justice Tendai Uchena.
This was a double blow to the opposition after a summit of southern African leaders in Zambia at the weekend merely called for results to be announced "expeditiously", without criticising the Zimbabwean government or Mugabe.
Now the MDC is relying on the strike, as the two parties trade vote-rigging allegations and challenges to the parliamentary election result.
The MDC on Monday launched a court bid to challenge the result of 60 parliamentary seats won by ZANU-PF, and is also challenging ZEC's decision to recount 23 constituencies which could overthrow their parliamentary majority.
"The power is in our hands. Zimbabweans have been taken for granted for too long. We demand that the presidential election results be announced now," read MDC flyers calling on everyone from bus drivers to street vendors to join in.