By Tendai Matunhu
LEAD leader Linda Masarira has castigated the MDC for their relentless efforts to make this country ungovernable through unleashing violent demonstrations arguing that the so-called demonstrations are not a means to an end.
Posting on her twitter handle, Masarira said the MDC was taking advantage of vulnerable people, manipulating their poverty.
“Protests are a reaction to an unbearable situation and not a strategy. We need a lasting solution to the crisis bedevilling our country. It’s unfortunate that some political parties in Zimbabwe continue to use the masses vulnerability for political expediency,” she said.
The opposition party continues to organise more demonstrations despite Government putting a prohibition order to the recent MDC intended demonstrations in terms of Section 26 (9) of the Public Order and Security Act (POSA), Chapter 11:17.
The Police has warned that anyone who participates in the demonstrations will do so in contravention of Section 26 (11) of the POSA and the law will take its course.
Masarira’s tweet comes amid plans by the MDC to stage demonstrations in the various venues in districts dotted across the country as a new strategy to decentralise their violent protests to the rural areas.
Sources within the opposition party revealed that they are currently selecting coordinators in the various districts to coordinate and mobilise the party’s supporters in preparation for the intended demonstrations slated for the 29th and 30th of this month.
Zimbabweans ignored the opposition party’s calls for demonstrations in Harare, Bulawayo, Gweru, Masvingo and Mutare which had been scheduled for last week.
