Posted on 02/18/2005 8:52:45 AM PST by MikeEdwards
The police today disrupted a training session of the MDC’s 120 candidates which was being held at the Sheraton Hotel in Harare. They arrested MDC Director of Elections Ian Makone who is currently being held at Harare Central Police Station.
At the time of writing the police have yet to inform Mr Makone of the charges he is facing.
The meeting, which started at 10.30 a.m., was attended by all 120 of the party’s candidates for the 2005 elections. It was a strategic planning and training session ahead of the nomination court on Friday 18 February and the launch of the MDC campaign in Masvingo on Sunday, 20 February.
Three plainclothes police details arrived and demanded to sit through the meeting. They then told the gathering that the meeting was illegal under the Public Order and Security Act (POSA) and that all those present should leave immediately or face arrest.
The MDC notes with concern the continued disruption of its campaign programme and the continued harassment of its candidates and leaders. The disruption of MDC meetings is a clear violation of the SADC guidelines on the conduct of free and fair elections. . . . .
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"At the time of writing the police have yet to inform Mr Makone of the charges he is facing."
Yep sounds legit to me. Zimbabwe is a democracy don't ya know?
I'm sure Jimmy Carter will State his approval of their free and democratic elections.
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Well at least they didn't kill him (yet).
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