MDC leader, Nelson Chamisa has attacked President Emmerson Mnangagwa for extending the lockdown indefinitely.
Her said :"Indefinite extension of lockdown without cushioning
measures for the vulnerable simply wrong and inappropriate.
Whereas measures to
contain the COVID-19 pandemic are a necessity, we disagree with entrenching
arbitrary rule under the guise of fighting the pandemic. We backed previous
measures because they were time-specific. Indefinite extension changes the
situation in a fundamental way.
Without consultation with us all, the indefinite extension
of the lockdown opens a treacherous avenue to arbitrary rule. It indefinitely
suspends the exercise of civil and political rights which are necessary checks
and balances on the excesses of governmental power.
Most authoritarian regimes are now using COVID-19 situation
as an stratagem to violate rights, abuse people, esp workers, informal traders
& churches. Abuse & manipulation must be fought by all progressive
citizens.The greater the oppression, the greater the determination."
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