Outgoing Finance deputy minister Terrence Mukupe has hit
out at police, accusing them of being sympathetic to the opposition MDC
Alliance.
The outspoken former Zanu PF legislator also claimed that
soldiers were roped in to quell political disturbances in Harare on Wednesday
after police refused to arrest the MDC Alliance protesters.
In a social media post, Mukupe who lost the Harare East
constituency to MDC Alliance principal, Tendai Biti said the Police Support
Unit resident in his constituency had voted against President Emmerson
Mnangagwa and could, therefore, not be trusted.
“How do we send the ZRP Support Unit that voted against the
President to contain the stupid demo by Biti and his MDC buffoons! It is time
for the army to move in and restore order!” he posted.
His posts came hours after soldiers and tanks rolled onto
the streets to contain a demonstration against the Zimbabwe Electoral
Commission (Zec)’s alleged electoral fraud.
Police Commissioner-General Godwin Matanga, however, had a
different version, saying he had invited the army to help after his troops were
overwhelmed by the demonstrators.
Mukupe once told Zanu PF supporters that the army did not
just grab power from former President Robert Mugabe to hand it over to MDC
Alliance leader Nelson Chamisa.
The former MP, who suffered a heavy defeat at polling
stations around Chikurubi Maximum Security Prison, vented his anger over the
loss, claiming the police were “sellouts”.
Attempts to get clarification from Mukupe on his posts hit
a brickwall after he became abusive. Newsday
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