Police thwart another MDC-T demo

Riot police yesterday thwarted an attempt by opposition MDC-T supporters to hold a peaceful demonstration in Harare to push for the resignation of President Robert Mugabe and implementation of electoral reforms ahead of the 2018 polls.

There was a heavy police presence in Harare's central business district especially along Nelson Mandela Avenue close to Parliament and MDC-T headquarters at Harvest House.

The MDC-T had organized the demonstration yesterday to protest against the Zanu-PF government's failure to reverse the worsening economic crisis.

The demonstration was supposed to start at the intersection of Nelson Mandela Avenue and Julius Nyerere Way and end with the presentation of a petition to Parliament calling for the immediate realignment of laws to the new Constitution.