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Cops block Tsvangirai from following Mugabe to his mother's village
12 Jul 2013 at 16:08hrs | Views
Police have blocked MDC leader Morgan Tsvangirai from conducting walkabouts in Zvimba, Mugabe's home district and Chinhoyi, the capital of Mashonaland West province.
Herbert Paradzai Munangatire, the MDC-T parliamentary candidate for Zvimba West, told SW Radio Africa that despite giving notice to the police about Tsvangirai's visit on Thursday, they were shocked to be informed at the last minute that the event had been cancelled.
'This is the reason why we wanted reforms and to align certain old laws to the new constitution to prevent such things. Generally if you block your opponent from addressing meetings or rallies, it sends out a clear message that you are afraid, nothing else,' Munangatire said.
Despite the setback, Munangatire said he was encouraged by messages of hope coming from the MDC-T family in Zvimba, not to relent in their pursuit to boot Mugabe and Zanu-PF out, in the elections that are now less than three weeks away.Elsewhere, there have been many reports of campaign posters for MDC-T candidates being ripped apart or defaced countrywide.
Herbert Paradzai Munangatire, the MDC-T parliamentary candidate for Zvimba West, told SW Radio Africa that despite giving notice to the police about Tsvangirai's visit on Thursday, they were shocked to be informed at the last minute that the event had been cancelled.
Despite the setback, Munangatire said he was encouraged by messages of hope coming from the MDC-T family in Zvimba, not to relent in their pursuit to boot Mugabe and Zanu-PF out, in the elections that are now less than three weeks away.Elsewhere, there have been many reports of campaign posters for MDC-T candidates being ripped apart or defaced countrywide.
Source - SW Radio
