Police in Ruwa yesterday banned an MDC-T rally
scheduled to be addressed by party organising secretary Nelson Chamisa,
claiming they had no manpower as the bulk of them would be on duty at
the Dynamos-Motor Action football match on the same day.Police spokesperson Inspector James Sabau said he could not comment as he said he was not in office.“You may get hold of me tomorrow (today), I am not in office right now,” Sabau said. MDC-T provincial youth chairperson for Chitungwiza Mashoko Matonhodze
said the party got a police clearance letter on Wednesday, but was on
Saturday served with a cancellation letter. He said in cancelling their rally, police claimed their officers had
picked information that there were some Zanu PF sympathisers who
intended to disrupt the rally. Matonhodze said the disturbances were meant to stop the MDC-T from campaigning ahead of possible polls this year.
However, he said the MDC-T would not be stopped from meeting the people
saying “the MDC has other means of communication that will make the
party reach the people”.Chamisa said he was shocked by the sudden cancellation of the rally.“MDC is now a banned organisation in the eyes of the police, but it is
bizarre that Zanu PF continues to hold rallies countrywide without
police clearance,” he said.Chamisa said the rally was meant to brief the people about progress in
the government of national unity and about elections, which Zanu PF
wants held this year. http://www.newsday.co.zw...lice-ban-chamisa-rally#.
Can we call this democracy. Every citizen has the right to political participation but when l look at this article, it is very clear that someone is being deprived of this right. there is a need to change this kind of act before election time because it will cause violence.
No comments:
Post a Comment