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Zanu-PF adverts blitz riles MDC-T
16 Jul 2013 at 13:37hrs | Views
ZANU-PF has gone for broke, releasing a series of radio and television advertisements attacking Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai ahead of elections due later this month.
The advertisements anchor on Tsvangirai's love life, which made headlines last year, ahead of his marriage to Elizabeth Macheka.
One of the advertisements, which has received a fair amount of airplay on ZTV, ropes in Nosipho Shilubane, who was allegedly dumped at the altar by Tsvangirai.
Another advert quotes Rebecca Austin, a director of Women in Management in the United Kingdom, saying she thought Tsvangirai had made a grave mistake and no one "wants a President who behaves like that".
Another advert from ZiFM, link below, dwells on the issue of Loreta Nyathi, the 20 year old girl from Bulawayo who was impregnated by Tsvangirai. Apparently Tsvangirai did not bother getting an ID for his child.
MDC-T spokesperson Douglas Mwonzora said the advertisements being shown on ZTV were unlawful and against the new Constitution, which bans the use of hate language.
"This is the assassination of character of our presidential candidate. We are lodging a complaint with ZBC and ZEC because we want the right of reply," he said.
"If ZBC is carrying bad messages from Zanu-PF about Tsvangirai including immorality issues, we also want to talk about certain things that Mugabe and his current wife have done."
The advertisements anchor on Tsvangirai's love life, which made headlines last year, ahead of his marriage to Elizabeth Macheka.
One of the advertisements, which has received a fair amount of airplay on ZTV, ropes in Nosipho Shilubane, who was allegedly dumped at the altar by Tsvangirai.
Another advert quotes Rebecca Austin, a director of Women in Management in the United Kingdom, saying she thought Tsvangirai had made a grave mistake and no one "wants a President who behaves like that".
MDC-T spokesperson Douglas Mwonzora said the advertisements being shown on ZTV were unlawful and against the new Constitution, which bans the use of hate language.
"This is the assassination of character of our presidential candidate. We are lodging a complaint with ZBC and ZEC because we want the right of reply," he said.
"If ZBC is carrying bad messages from Zanu-PF about Tsvangirai including immorality issues, we also want to talk about certain things that Mugabe and his current wife have done."
Source - southerneye
