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Zanu PF in panic mode as political violence resurfaces: MDC-T

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THE resurfacing of politically motivated violence is a sign Zanu PF is in serious panic mode in fear of an Arab Spring-type uprising over its failure to handle the economy, the MDC-T has said.

THE resurfacing of politically motivated violence is a sign Zanu PF is in serious panic mode in fear of an Arab Spring-type uprising over its failure to handle the economy, the MDC-T has said.

BY OBEY MANAYITI

In response to a series of violent clashes pitting Zanu PF against MDC-T supporters over the past two weekends at Hopley, the main opposition party said this showed that the ruling party was getting worried and paranoid with each passing day over its misrule and fears the situation might trigger uprisings.

“As the MDC increases its visibility countrywide, and particularly in Harare, the regime is fearful that this could trigger a civil uprising similar to the Arab Spring. Hence the regime’s security apparatus is now on high alert, as they ruthlessly clamp down on all public activities by the MDC,” Obert Gutu, the MDC-T spokesperson, said yesterday.

“As the MDC, we are confident that the collapsing Zanu PF regime can never stop an idea whose time has arrived. Democratic change in Zimbabwe is beckoning and it might actually happen earlier than 2018.”

Several MDC-T supporters were injured in two different incidents with Zanu PF supporters, who were trying to block the opposition party from holding its rally.

Several others were arrested in a melee this past Sunday.

The MDC-T said it was leaving no stone unturned in ensuring that normalcy returned to Hopley, so it could freely conduct its activities without any disturbances.

Gutu said they had since made a report to the Zimbabwe Human Rights Commission to ensure that Zanu PF was restrained.

“Our party secretariat has since made a formal report of the deteriorating security situation as well as the heavy-handed clampdown by the police to the Zimbabwe Human Rights Commission.

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“We are also toying with the idea of suing the Commissioner-General of the ZRP [Augustine Chihuri], as well as the individual members of the police, who unlawfully assaulted our party supporters, causing them serious injuries,” he said.

Last week, several parties wrote to Chuhuri, expressing concern over the violent Hopley clashes.