The Movement for Democratic Change has condemned the arrest and detention of Harare Mayor Bernard Manyenyeni soon after the High Court ordered his reinstatement and has warned Local Government Minister Saviour Kasukuwere that though he calls himself a political thug, he will not get away with it.
“Kasukuwere might call himself a political thug but he can be assured that the MDC will not allow him to have his cake and eat it,” party spokesman Obert Gutu said in a statement. “We shall jealously guard and protect the autonomy and constitutional independence of all our elected councillors.”
The MDC-T said it was patently clear that the unlawful arrest and detention of Manyenyeni had been occasioned by the malevolent and grossly malicious machinations of Kasukuwere.
“Kasukuwere is on a ZANU-PF-inspired mission to totally decimate all the MDC-controlled urban local authorities as the bankrupt and clueless ZANU-PF regime gears to rig the harmonised elections that are scheduled to be held in 2018,” Gutu said.
Full statement:
Wednesday, 29 June 2016
MDC condems the unlawful arrest and detention of the Harare Mayor
The MDC would like to strenously condemn the unlawful arrest and detention of the Mayor of Harare, Cllr. Ben Manyenyeni by the Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption Commission on Wednesday, June 29, 2016.
Immediately after Justice Lavender Makoni had handed down a ruling at the High Court in Harare calling for the immediate re-instatement of the Mayor of Harare, some officers from the Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption Commission pounced on the Mayor and arrested him for allegedly committing the criminal offence of criminal abuse of office.
It is patently clear that the unlawful arrest and detention of the Mayor of Harare at the Avondale Police Station has been occasioned by the malevolent and grossly malicious machinations of the Minister of Local Government, Saviour Kasukuwere.
Kasukuwere is on a Zanu PF-inspired mission to totally decimate all the MDC-controlled urban local authorities as the bankrupt and clueless Zanu PF regime gears to rig the harmonised elections that are scheduled to be held in 2018.
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