12 June 2003
Remain Calm in the face of open provocation.
The MDC National Executive met today in an emergency session to review developments in the country. The Executive noted with concern the continued detention of the president.
The National Executive further noted with concern the continued detention of Getrude Mthombeni, member of the national executive, Abraham Mdlongwa, MDC chairman for Bulawayo and many party activists.
We maintain that our President and members of MDC arrested by the state agents are innocent. The arrests are nothing more than just harassment and intimidation of the MDC.
The National Executive welcomed the release without charge of the Secretary General of the party and reiterates its demand that the president of the MDC and many other leaders and supporters be released.
The regime is now panicking. Since the successful action of Zimbabweans the regime now realises without doubt that it does not have the support of the majority, but is only supported by a few Zimbabweans who have been drafted into sections of our professional Zimbabwe National Army, police and a few youths who have sold their souls for pieces of silver.
Zimbabweans scored a big victory against tyranny and marched the greater distance towards freedom through their heroic and united action last week.
We thank the people of Zimbabwe for their fortitude in the face of provocation and abuse by the regime and its unpopular machinery. We urge all Zimbabweans to remain calm in the face of repeated attempts to provoke them so as to get a pretext to crush their resolve through violence.
We should remain focused on our objectives and calculated in our actions. The regime does not know what is coming next and seeks to make you act outside your plan, resist the temptation. However, let us remain united and alert, let us remain ready to act within all lawful and peaceful means for our freedom from hunger and tyranny.
Gibson Sibanda,
MDC Vice President
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