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MDC Alliance Vice President Tendai Biti has poured water on the preliminary report released by the UN special rapporteur Alena Douhan’s fact finding mission in Zimbabwe.
Biti said that the report was biased and that the report resembled unprofessional conduct in the fact finding mission as it was released during their consultations.
“We are shocked that the UN and Douhan released its statement in the middle of our consultation. We are the biggest political party in Zimbabwe and we consider such conduct fraudulent, unprofessional and predetermined,” Biti tweeted.
The UN special rapporteur was in Zimbabwe on a 10 day working visit to assess the impact of sanctions in the country.
In her report,she said that the country had been hit hard by the sanctions imposed on the country and added that there was need to lift the sanctions as they had a ripple effect on the people and also stopped the country from realizing its full potential.
The government has over the years claimed that sanctions imposed on the country by the US and her Western allies were responsible for the economic woes bedevilling the country.
However the US Embassy in Harare said that the sanctions had not had any effect as they were not targeting the country but the certain individuals who are involved on the violation of human rights
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