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Saturday, 2 December 2017

Meet Your MP Campaign: Meeting with Jack Brereton MP Stoke-on-Trent South Report by Zanele Ncube

Meet Your MP Campaign: Meeting with Jack Brereton MP Stoke-on-Trent South

Report by Zanele Ncube

On Friday the 01st of December, Restoration of Human Rights (ROHR) UK Chapter Manchester/Liverpool Branch member Zanele Ncube met MP Jack Brereton. The meeting was organised as part of the ROHR Zimbabwe; “Meet Your MP Campaign”
Jack Brereton is the Member of Parliament for Stoke-on-Trent South. He is  a Conservative party member. 
I met my local MP Jack Brereton at this offices and was very pleased by how welcoming he was. “Would I get this sort of welcoming, if I requested to meet a politician in Zimbabwe?” I wondered.
In the meeting, I elaborated on the contents of my Restoration of Human Rights letter that outlines the reason why myself and other Human Right Activists are clearly upset and requesting immediate action be taken by the UK government against Her Majesty’s Ambassador (HMA) to Zimbabwe – Catriona Laing.
Jack Brereton MP, was shocked and did not shy away at expressing his concerns towards the facts that were put forward in the letter about HMA Catriona Laing and how this had gone undetected by the international media.
We also discussed the “coup that was not a coup” and the new President Mnangagwa. Jack Brereton MP made it clear that from this point of view, it’s far to early for Zimbabweans and the world to celebrate the appointment of President Mnangagwa, as no-one really knows if he is going to be any different from Robert Mugabe. We agreed on this point, after I pointed out during Mugabe’s 37 years in power, his right-hand man was Mnangagwa, hence his hands are just as bloody as Robert Mugabe’s and simply put: the corrupt and abusive ZANUPF is still the party in power.
The meeting was concluded with Jack Brereton MP stating he will present my letter to the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs.
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Report Written by: Zanele Ncube

Fundraising Committee Member ROHR Zimbabwe UK Chapter Manchester/Liverpool Branch 

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