A ZANU PF supporter in Macheke, who last year seized a
ballot box and burnt its contents after discovering that his preferred
candidate’s name was missing during the party’s primary elections, was
yesterday arraigned before Marondera magistrate Arnold Maburo, facing charges of
“disrupting a public gathering”.
Fredrick Mazarura (53) of Plot 25, Maryland Farm pleaded
not guilty to the charges and the matter was postponed to today for
continuation.
According to court papers, on April 30 last year, some
police officers were deployed at Craiglea Primary School in Macheke to oversee
a Zanu PF primary election.
The accused allegedly disturbed the election process
alleging that their aspiring candidates’ names were missing on the ballot
papers.
Mazarura allegedly grabbed the ballot box containing the
ballot papers and destroyed the election material by burning it. The election
was eventually called off. Lovemore Musariyarwa represented the State. Newsday
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