Hon. Bennett was scheduled to appear in court today facing trumped up
charges of insurgency and terrorism. He was arrested at the Charles
Prince Airport in Mt. Hampden in Harare on his way to South Africa on
Friday.
Police handling the case in Mutare said they could not bring Bennett to
court as they had been called to Harare on urgent business.
The MDC views the arrest of Bennett on trumped up charges as
politically motivated by Zanu PF, which is failing to show sincerity to
the Global Political Agreement and the formation of an inclusive
government last week.
In 2006 the police arrested the new Minister of Home Affairs Hon.
Giles Mutsekwa on the same allegations being leveled against Hon
Bennett, but his case was thrown out at the courts due to lack of
evidence.
The case of the MDC abductees still in remand prison and that of Hon.
Bennett poses a real threat to the health and life of the inclusive
government and it is in this regard that the MDC calls to the inclusive
government to immediately deal with the release of Hon.
Bennett and the abductees.
The MDC also calls upon the inclusive government to immediately find a
political outcome to the issue surrounding the abductees and Hon.
Bennett.
MDC Information and Publicity Department
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