Nelson Chamisa was forced to cancel his Kwekwe rally yesterday after he failed to get the courts to okay it. “Our leadership weighed t...
Nelson Chamisa was forced to cancel his Kwekwe rally yesterday
after he failed to get the courts to okay it.
“Our leadership weighed the benefits of having running
battles with the police, getting our supporters shot at or arrested and that of
allowing the courts to determine our application. We then decided to give the
courts a chance to arbitrate so we called off the rally,” said Amos Chibaya.
MDC Alliance lawyers approached the Bulawayo High Court on
Friday with an urgent chamber application to have the police ban overturned,
which will now be heard today.
“We approached the courts seeking to have the ban
overturned, but we could not get a judge on Friday at the Bulawayo High Court.
We were told they were unreachable on their phones,” he said.
“Our lawyers then managed to talk to High Court judge
Martin Makonese, who set down the matter for Monday (today). Now this matter is
being heard a day after the rally was supposed to be held. This shows you the
courts are captured, they are in it.”
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