The police today banned rallies that were scheduled to be held in Harare’s high density townships of Glen Norah, Kambuzuma and Mufakose. Another rally that was scheduled for Chitungwiza at the Tennis Court has also been turned down, even though the police had earlier indicated it could go ahead.
Today, the police wrote to the MDC, saying our rallies cannot go ahead because the party has said that its leaders face elimination. The rallies, the police said, cannot proceed for the safety of the MDC leaders who have said Zanu PF thugs want to eliminate them.
This is rank madness. Coupled with the arrest today of President Morgan Tsvangirai in Esigodini in Matabeleland South, the latest act by the police shows that some of them have become complicit with the regime.
The MDC has no access to the public media and the only interaction we have with our members and supporters is through rallies. The latest act to ban our rallies is also unconstitutional as it infringes on people’s basic and inalienable freedoms of association and assembly.
The police have brazenly decided to side with Zanu PF. We have seen Robert Mugabe, his wife Grace and the dictator’s dwindling coterie of bootlickers addressing rallies in several parts of the country while those of the MDC are being curtailed. Â
Whatever the antics of this regime, the end is nigh. Come 27 June, the people of Zimbabwe will reconfirm their vote. They will vote again for change, for food, for jobs and for the return of their dignity. Â
On 27 June, the people of Zimbabwe will finish it off.
MDC Information and Publicity Department
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