Zvakanyorwa Wilbert Musona the Secretary-General of the newly launched war veterans outfit, the War Veterans Peace Initiative Trust (WVPIT) has said that some of the former fighters need rehabilitation because they “were still used to killing people, even after the war.” Musona told a press conference:
We have failed to prioritize peace because of individual interests which have made electoral democracy totally useless and we need to change this in the interest of our country.
Now the war veterans are always feared everywhere because of political violence, especially towards elections. People start wondering if they will survive the violence that comes each time the country is going for elections. The country cannot develop with violence, just like the fear brought about by slavery, that is the situation Zimbabwe is in.
Some of us were still used to killing people, even after the war and by that, we cannot move the country forward. We need to instil a mentality of peace in the former fighters.
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