The action which we believe was a directive from some Zanu PF officials is shocking considering that the armed police officers did not have valid search warrant.
The overzealous act by police officers smacks of a plot to intimidate and harass the party president and membership ahead of our planned nationwide hunger strike.
At least 50 heavily armed police officers suspected to be from the Police General Headquarters stormed the president’s St Mary’s residence forcing entrance into the house. The squad led by a lady who identified herself as Inspector Thandi and officer in charge, Inspector Mkwaira of Harare Central, Law and Order Unit harassed the President’s family.
The harassment is a clear sign that the police, state security agents and militia are going too far and have no respect for the President and should be stopped as a matter of urgency.
As a party we are working on maximizing security details on the President and will seek legal redress to make sure that these harassments stop.
The raid at the President’s residence comes barely four days after we announced our intentions of embarking on a hunger strike to challenge the inclusive to implement reforms. We are going ahead with our plan despite threats by the police commissioner to thwart us.
As a democratic movement we are not intimidated and let it be known that there is no amount of intimidation that will intimidate us. Mahatma Gandhi, “If we want freedom, we shall not gain it by killing or injuring others, but by dying or submitting ourselves to suffering.”
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When you say the ‘President’… whom do you refer to? As far as we know, Mr Tsvangirai is the PM of Zimbabwe and when you miss that, how do you expect the police to take him serious… The MDC talk about democracy… What democracy are they talking about… Why is it that Mr Tsvangirai is still the MDC President after 12 years…
Is the MDC telling us that there is none qualified to take after Mr Tsvangirai… MDC should sort its own democratic acts first before embarking on ZANU PF… ZANU PF doesn’t have to prove themselves, but the MDC have to prove themselves…
And you never mentioned why the police went there in the first place… There must have been a reason but if you can’t report it, then don’t report the story…