Police banned CCC’s Mvurwi rally, which was scheduled to be
addressed by CCC leader Nelson Chamisa just six days before the general
elections.
“I’m in Guruve and Mbire. They tried intimidating the
citizens, but it just couldn’t work. The police cancelled and banned our
otherwise fully subscribed rally in Mvurwi. The panic is real! The citizens are
unstoppable!” Chamisa tweeted.
CCC spokesperson Fadzayi Mahere also said their two rallies
in Mt Darwin were banned.
“Our cluster rallies, which were scheduled to take place on
Friday, August 18, 2023, at Kandeya Village business centre and Dotito in Mt
Darwin, have been denied by the police,” Mahere said.
These denials come under controversial reasons, as they
claim that the venues are already occupied on the same date.
“It is evident that this is a systematic approach employed
by the regime in Harare to prevent the citizens movement and its president
Chamisa from engaging with the people.
“Zanu PF is running scared and can never win a free and
fair election in Zimbabwe.”
According to a letter gleaned by NewsDay Weekender, police
banned the rally on the pretext that the grounds have been booked.
“The office has reservations because the same space has
been booked from 0800hrs to 1700hrs on the same day,” the police letter read.
The banning of the rallies comes as the opposition party
say the playing field is uneven with its rivals Zanu PF treated with kid gloves
by the police.
The Maintenance of Peace and Order Act, which governs
gatherings, processions and public demonstrations, stipulates that political
parties must notify the police if they are having any sort of convocation.
The opposition, however, says police are abusing the law to
prevent the party from holding its activities and rallies. Newsday
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