Midlands,Zimbabwe(ZimEye)- Police in the Midlands province have been instructed to monitor and arrest members of the Movement for Democratic Change, Civic Organizations, and Non Governmental Organizations holding public meetings.

According to a Radio signal sent to all police stations in the Midlands province last week, police commanders were being directed to closely monitor all meetings to be held by the ‘opposition’, NGOs and the civic society.

“If the commander of such an area under which a meeting by the opposition, civic society or NGO is being held hesitates to give authority, or handle the situation, he or she should consult Police General Headquarters(PGHQ). In case of any meeting being held by the above stated, the commander must monitor, record the whole proceedings and submit the details to PGHQ.

“If any member of the opposition, NGOs and Civic society is arrested, the commander should immediately advise PGHQ the circumstances and details, and if such information has not been forwarded to PGHQ in time, an improvement is being called for”, reads the directive.

A senior MDC official who requested anonymity complained about the directive saying it is discriminatory.

“We are worried by the continued discriminatory application of the law in this country. Why is it that the directive is aimed at disrupting meetings held by the civic society and not ZANU-PF members? Why are only the MDC members being affected by these repressive laws? We thought that the Inclusive Government was going to treat everyone equally, but this has not been happening one year since it was formed.

“This directive is meant to discourage us from carrying out constitutional meetings with the people in the communities,” said the official.

The former ZANU-PF led government used the Public Order and Security Act to arrest members of the MDC when they held meetings.

POSA empowers the police to arrest any gathering made up of two or more people without its clearance. The law had been used discriminately by ZANU Pf to disrupt any meetings made by members of the opposition party.(ZimEye, Zimbabwe)

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