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CID Law and Order Gwanda Summons MRP Official.
15 Apr 2017 at 05:41hrs | Views
Police in Gwanda have reportedly summoned Mthwakazi Republic Party officials following their plans to hold an awareness campaign at the mining town.
MRP spokesperson Mbonisi Gumbo said it has come to their attention that the CID Law and Order in Gwanda has visited one of their Matabeleland South MRP executive member and ordered him to come to their police station tomorrow at 10:00am (Friday).
"The ZRP CID law and order demanded that when he come tomorrow should be in possession of the party's full structures. We would like to state categorically clear that we are not going to be intimidated by the police for what ever reason and we mean it. The Gwanda police denied us a clearance to hold our road show. So we have since decided not to go back to them. Instead we resolved to approach the Bulawayo High Court," he said.
"We can not be stopped by police from campaigning. Ever since MRP was officially launched on 11 January 2014 we have always been peaceful and we recently held another peaceful road show in Bulawayo. There were no incidence of violence. Therefore there is no reason why we shouldn't be given a clearance to peacefully campaign in our Mthwakazi territory."
He said they view the actions by the Gwanda CID as intimidation and they are worried that those who are calling for extra judicial means to gain themselves determination as opposed to the peaceful means that MRP is trying to follow could be right.
"How can we participate in an election, where the process is not free and fair? We go to Matabeleland North you arrest us. In Bulawayo you arrested us in Plumtree you arrested us, now in Gwanda you deny us our Constitutional Right to hold a Sensitisation Road Show. "Kanti liyas'hlolela yini?" he said.
"We will not allow the Zimbabwe Republic Police to illegally run our party. Our party does not report to ZRP but to its relevant structures, therefore why must the ZRP be a thorn in the flesh for us? CID Law and Order in Bulawayo recently tried to sneak into our private meeting."
He said they are aware that Zanu PF is running scared of MRP and they are doing all they can to stop them.
" We would like to warn you Abenico Ncube Zanu PF 's god father in Gwanda to stay away from MRP. We know how dirty you are but we don't fear you. Don't even try it. Chances are very high that the denial by ZRP to give us our clearance to campaign in Gwanda were influenced by you and Mashingaidze that dirty CIO in Matabeleland South," he said.
"Asikhathali njalo asibuyeli emuva, unyakozayo ngunyaka wokuqala kwenhlala kahle kweSizwe sika Mambo lo Mzilikazi liyathanda noma alithandi, liyafuna noma alifuni."
MRP spokesperson Mbonisi Gumbo said it has come to their attention that the CID Law and Order in Gwanda has visited one of their Matabeleland South MRP executive member and ordered him to come to their police station tomorrow at 10:00am (Friday).
"The ZRP CID law and order demanded that when he come tomorrow should be in possession of the party's full structures. We would like to state categorically clear that we are not going to be intimidated by the police for what ever reason and we mean it. The Gwanda police denied us a clearance to hold our road show. So we have since decided not to go back to them. Instead we resolved to approach the Bulawayo High Court," he said.
"We can not be stopped by police from campaigning. Ever since MRP was officially launched on 11 January 2014 we have always been peaceful and we recently held another peaceful road show in Bulawayo. There were no incidence of violence. Therefore there is no reason why we shouldn't be given a clearance to peacefully campaign in our Mthwakazi territory."
He said they view the actions by the Gwanda CID as intimidation and they are worried that those who are calling for extra judicial means to gain themselves determination as opposed to the peaceful means that MRP is trying to follow could be right.
"How can we participate in an election, where the process is not free and fair? We go to Matabeleland North you arrest us. In Bulawayo you arrested us in Plumtree you arrested us, now in Gwanda you deny us our Constitutional Right to hold a Sensitisation Road Show. "Kanti liyas'hlolela yini?" he said.
He said they are aware that Zanu PF is running scared of MRP and they are doing all they can to stop them.
" We would like to warn you Abenico Ncube Zanu PF 's god father in Gwanda to stay away from MRP. We know how dirty you are but we don't fear you. Don't even try it. Chances are very high that the denial by ZRP to give us our clearance to campaign in Gwanda were influenced by you and Mashingaidze that dirty CIO in Matabeleland South," he said.
"Asikhathali njalo asibuyeli emuva, unyakozayo ngunyaka wokuqala kwenhlala kahle kweSizwe sika Mambo lo Mzilikazi liyathanda noma alithandi, liyafuna noma alifuni."
Source - Byo24News
