The leader of Zimbabwe’s main opposition party, Nelson Chamisa, has warned of the possibility of an outbreak of violence orchestrated by the ruling ZANU-PF party in elections scheduled for later this year.
The president of the Citizens’ Coalition for Change (CCC), has called on the Western community to take a close look at the crisis in the country and to «offer solidarity» to the opposition in the face of any assault ordered by the current president, Emmerson Mnangagwa, nicknamed ‘The Crocodile’.
«The leopard does not change spots any more than the crocodile changes tactics. Violence is a real possibility and we see the storm clouds approaching,» he warned in an interview with the British weekly ‘Observer’.
A few months before the presidential elections in Zimbabwe, several arrests have taken place in recent weeks among the politicians of the opposition to President Mnangagwa, who is also running for a second term.
On Saturday, riot police entered the home of JAC MP Costa Machingauta in the capital of Harare. During the intervention they also arrested another MP, Amos Chibaya, who was reportedly holding a party meeting at the time, according to Radio France Internationale (RFI).
The police justified the operation by alleging that the meeting had not been authorized, while the opposition party accused the government of using the police against political opponents, as was reported by the aforementioned media.
Source: (EUROPA PRESS)
