Zimbabwe’s police has finally granted the MDC permission to hold its rally on one of the country’s traditional political rally grounds, Zimbabwean Grounds, after several unsuccessful efforts to do so by the party.
The MDC will hold a peace rally at the High-Fields venue to report back the on the electorate the goings on in the party as well as unveil the party’s new leadership, the party has said.
“The peace rallies will spread throughout the country’s provinces and will give the MDC leadership led by President Tsvangirai an opportunity to report back to the people on the resolutions of the MDC’s third National Congress that was held in Bulawayo in April.
The rallies will also be an opportunity to unveil the party’s new leadership, brief the nation on the progress being made by the inclusive government and challenges faced, the issue of the election road map as a prerequisite to the holding of free, fair and credible elections as well as to speak on and denounce the disturbing violence that has resurged in the country,” said the party in a statement.
The party also said it would report about the party’s expectations at the much anticipated SADC summit on Zimbabwe to be held in SouthAfrica on 11 June.
In March, the MDC applied for the holding of its rallies to the police when they were told by the aggressive police that Zanu (PF) had booked both the Glamis Arena and Zimbabwe grounds for the whole year developments which were strongly denied by the Harare Mayor Muchadei Masunda who testified to that effect in the court of law.
The MDC has continued to preach peace to the public despite it being maliciously accused of violence by the the desperate Zanu (PF) party through a smear campaign that has seen the party sponsor a bogus organization calling itself Zimbabwe Today to publish a magazine portraying the labor affiliated party as being violent when evidence of political violence clearly proves otherwise.
MDC said the peace rally will be held under the theme “Free Zimbabwe:Say No to Violence – Yes to Peace” in a bid to advocate against politically motivated violence among the electorate. (ZimEye, Zimbabwe)