"People Shouldn't Be Threatened For Speaking Their Mind" - Men BelievED
Men BelieveED, a shadowy ZANU PF group championing President Emmerson Mnangagwa’s election bid, has said State security organs must not intimidate people who express concerns over the ZEC’s delimitation preliminary report.
The Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (ZEC) tabled the report before Parliament on Friday last week. Various stakeholders say the report is flawed with Parliamentarians saying ZEC must redo the process.
Early this week, a ZANU PF activist Tonderai Chidawa, who criticised the delimitation report after it was tabled in Parliament last week claimed that State security agents were after him.
Chidawa released an audio claiming he had been forced into hiding at his flat in the capital alleging that the agents wanted to know “who sent you to fight ZEC”?
Men BelievED leader Justice Matsatsira Friday said Chidawa and any other citizen must not be threatened. NewsDay cites him as saying:
People should not be threatened and be followed for speaking their mind. The New Dispensation led by President Emmerson Mnangagwa does not like that. Zimbabwe is a democratic country.
Our President respects the Constitution. In the late President Robert Mugabe era people were harassed, but in the New Dispensation, the President has said we should let bygones be bygones and move as one peace-loving people.
In a letter to Parliament, Chidawa, represented by Lovemore Madhuku, said the draft delimitation report tabled in the august House was not signed by ZEC commissioners and was “not an act of the ZEC as a body corporate”.
MenBelievED spokesperson Timothy Nyakudzuka said ZEC did not consult citizens during the delimitation exercise therefore the process was flawed.
Some ZEC commissioners have reportedly disowned the report.
