Minimum Force

Over the past few days I have been considering how one could go about arresting Mugabe and the actual legal implications of such an action.

Whilst a police officer cannot be the judge of whether an individual is guilty or not, he does have to exercise some judgement, principally, he (and I use "he" for convenience - my first officer in charge was a woman!) must decide whether an offence has been committed and whther or not he should make an arrest. Also, an arrest is defined as the confining of a person and the restriction of that accused individuals rights.

As a properly attested police officer, it is my judgement that Robert Mugabe has committed numerous offences, and plenty we shall only be able to investigate or discover after he has been brought down from his lofty self imposed majesty. For instance, it is common cause that Mugabe has not been recently elected by a majority and that, owing to various breaches of the consitution (as detailed in Tsvangirai's withdrawal), the run-off is not legal and, at best, a farce. Therefore, it stands to reason that Mugabe is NOT the President - ergo, is it not treason for him to suggest that he will start a war to oust the properly elected Tsvangirai? And of course, there are a great many other offences for which he needs to stand trial, some of which should land him in the Hague.

Also, his so - called Commissioner, Chihuri, as I detailed previously, has also committed offences and should be immediately suspended and arrested.

So, given that minimum force, as defined in Zimbabwean law, is "the minimum force required to achieve the objective (of arrest, usualy) applied with preventative, not punitive intent and stopping when it is no longer necessary - how does one apply this to Mugabe. he is surrounded by armed soldiers and police (who, it could be argued are also committing an offence by aiding and accused). The minimum force, therefore, may include the use of deadly force in this case. therefore, following this train of thought - it must be legal to kill Mugabe - as it is lawful in the circumstances.

I wonder how the world would interpret this?

Interesting!

Lets see what Mugabe brings us tomorrow - obviously his "landslide victory!".

Later.