Zimbabwe's main opposition leader told an official inquiry
on Monday he had not incited supporters to take to the streets in post-election
violence that killed six people in August.
Nelson Chamisa lost the July 30 poll to President Emmerson
Mnangagwa, in the first election after Robert Mugabe was forced to resign
following a coup in November 2017. In the aftermath of the vote, civilians died
in an army crackdown on protests.
Chamisa lost a legal challenge to the election results but
still maintains the vote was rigged and that Mnangagwa lacks legitimacy.
"For the record, my hands are clean. My conscience is
very clear and my resolve is unbreakable. These hands that you see have not spilled
blood," the 40-year-old politician said.
Chamisa said his party had not called for the protests and
the demonstrations could have been hijacked by the ruling party to smear his
party.
Video from the Aug. 1 protests showed soldiers, some with
their faces obscured by camouflage masks, opening fire with automatic weapons.
Chamisa said his party would hold peaceful protests on
Thursday against a deteriorating economy, which he said was a result of lack of
confidence in Mnangagwa's government.
Reuters
Chief Emeka Anyaoku‘s counsel to Nelson Chamisa: if you’re as determined to walk in Tsvangirai’s footpath, you should be as good, and I hope as mature, as he was pic.twitter.com/Azcwxp6LVx— Zim Media Review (@ZimMediaReview) November 26, 2018
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