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Police bar Zanu-PF march
04 Jun 2018 at 16:59hrs | Views
Zanu-PF Harare Youth League has announced it will no longer hold its march tomorrow (Tuesday) as planned, but on Wednesday, a day after the MDC-T march.
This comes after the police had barred Zanu-PF from holding its "solidarity march" tomorrow citing the MDC-T's own march in Harare at the same time, according to a statement by Zanu-PF Harare youth league leader Gomwe.
The Zanu-PF youth wing's reaction follows an announcement by the MDC Alliance of a total shut down of the capital tomorrow in protest over the slow pace of electoral reforms.
Zanu-PF youth league leader Pupurayi Togarepi had said their patience with the "wailing opposition parties" that are scared of the elections was now running thin.
"If they want to shut down Harare, we will be forced to shut them out of Harare. The MDC must not interfere with independent bodies. Weren't they part of the government that appointed Zec? As Zanu-PF, we cannot just fold our hands and watch them break the law and try to arm-twist Zec to pander to their whims," said Togarepi, who is also a Zanu-PF politburo member.
Togarepi said, if provoked, the ruling party youths will fight back adding that the MDC was scared to death of the impending polls.
"They know that they have lost the elections and now they want to cause chaos. They are looking for an excuse and are jumping up and down to get the world's attention but as the president has said, all countries are welcome to observe the elections," he said.
This comes after the police had barred Zanu-PF from holding its "solidarity march" tomorrow citing the MDC-T's own march in Harare at the same time, according to a statement by Zanu-PF Harare youth league leader Gomwe.
The Zanu-PF youth wing's reaction follows an announcement by the MDC Alliance of a total shut down of the capital tomorrow in protest over the slow pace of electoral reforms.
"If they want to shut down Harare, we will be forced to shut them out of Harare. The MDC must not interfere with independent bodies. Weren't they part of the government that appointed Zec? As Zanu-PF, we cannot just fold our hands and watch them break the law and try to arm-twist Zec to pander to their whims," said Togarepi, who is also a Zanu-PF politburo member.
Togarepi said, if provoked, the ruling party youths will fight back adding that the MDC was scared to death of the impending polls.
"They know that they have lost the elections and now they want to cause chaos. They are looking for an excuse and are jumping up and down to get the world's attention but as the president has said, all countries are welcome to observe the elections," he said.
Source - Byo24News
