The government says civic organisations funded by foreigners are plotting to unseat the government through a planned shut down. Inform...
The government says civic organisations funded by
foreigners are plotting to unseat the government through a planned shut down.
Information secretary, Nick Mangwana said 27 people from
some non-governmental organisations (NGOs) held a meeting last Friday at Number
10 Longden Road in Belvedere and agreed to use all dirty tactics and
intimidation of citizens to coerce them to join a proposed shut down that is
aimed at toppling the elected government of President Emmerson Mnangagwa.
The meeting was held between 0900 hours and 1500 hours, by
27 people from various pressure groups and civil societies under the umbrella
organisation Zimbabwe Civil Society Convergence (ZCSC).
The 27 people were drawn from #tajamuka,
#occupyafricaunitysquare, #thisflag, ZCTU, General Consensus, Citizen Manifesto
and Concerned Agenda.
Mangwana said in a statement “the state through the
government of the day is mandated to step in with appropriate firmness, and on
the strength of a mix of lawful instruments at its disposal to protect and
restore law and order in the republic for the benefit of the ordinary citizen”.
“It has become obvious that there is a deliberate plan to
undermine and challenge the prevailing constitutional order born out of the
2018, July 30 harmonised elections which were democratic, free and fair and
which were subsequently upheld by the highest court of the land. This brazenly
unconstitutional plan which has sought financial support from some regime
change organisations based in America and Germany among other countries
represents a serious threat to our consolidating democracy, to the rule of law
in our country and to the authority of government and state”.
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