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Tsvangirai asked for it, says Zanu (PF)
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| He asked for it says Zanu-PF |
March 13, 2007, 08:30
Nathan Shamuyarira, secretary for information and publicity for Zimbabwe's ruling party Zanu (PF), says Morgan Tsvangirai, the MDC leader, has been "asking for trouble for a long time".
He says Tsvangirai has been provoking violence in urban townships. "If you ask for that kind of trouble you'll get it," he said, referring to Tsvangirai. Morning Live's Vuyo Mbuli asked: "Was Tsvangirai beaten because he asked for it?" and Shamuyarira replied, "Yes he asked for it!"
The Zanu (PF) representative maintains that the meeting held on Sunday was unlawful and all the people who attended it ignored government's call to ban mass meetings. He says all meetings, including those of the ruling party, have been barred. "The MDC is always playing to the gallery of the international community. They want to demonstrate to Britain and America that there is violation of human rights in Zimbabwe. So they provoke action with the purpose of impressing their overseas bosses."
He alleged that the "overseas bosses" were giving the MDC money to organise the demonstration and paid unemployed youngsters to cause upheaval in the country.
Strong police presence
Police with dogs are patrolling the streets of Harare, Zimbabwe, as tension grows following the arrest and alleged beating by police of Tsvangirai. He and other MDC leaders were arrested on Sunday.
In another interview with AM Live, John Makumbe, a senior lecturer in Political Science at the University of Zimbabwe, says the atmosphere in the capital is tense this morning. He says there were pictures taken of the badly injured Tsvangirai. "He has head injuries, his whole body is swollen...they are very severe beatings."
It is only now after a court ruling that Tsvangirai will receive medical treatment, but Makumbe says it is difficult to get hold of medicine in Zimbabwe.
Zimbabweans have had enough
Makumbe says Sunday's incident is a turning political point. He says the people of Zimbabwe are no longer going to let Robert Mugabe, the Zimbabwean president, to have it his way as it has been for the past 27 years. Although this will make the government more brutal, Makumbe says Mugabe is slowly losing support from within his own government.
Meanwhile Zimbabwe police allege that the protestors tried to use children as human shields against them, picked up tear gas canister's and threw them at police.
Mukamba refuted these allegations and said the police are hiding the fact that they were outnumbered and said many times they had to run for their lives and they resorted to use "raw force" to subdue the people. edited by Matuba Mahlatjie
He says Tsvangirai has been provoking violence in urban townships. "If you ask for that kind of trouble you'll get it," he said, referring to Tsvangirai. Morning Live's Vuyo Mbuli asked: "Was Tsvangirai beaten because he asked for it?" and Shamuyarira replied, "Yes he asked for it!"
The Zanu (PF) representative maintains that the meeting held on Sunday was unlawful and all the people who attended it ignored government's call to ban mass meetings. He says all meetings, including those of the ruling party, have been barred. "The MDC is always playing to the gallery of the international community. They want to demonstrate to Britain and America that there is violation of human rights in Zimbabwe. So they provoke action with the purpose of impressing their overseas bosses."
He alleged that the "overseas bosses" were giving the MDC money to organise the demonstration and paid unemployed youngsters to cause upheaval in the country.
Strong police presence
Police with dogs are patrolling the streets of Harare, Zimbabwe, as tension grows following the arrest and alleged beating by police of Tsvangirai. He and other MDC leaders were arrested on Sunday.
In another interview with AM Live, John Makumbe, a senior lecturer in Political Science at the University of Zimbabwe, says the atmosphere in the capital is tense this morning. He says there were pictures taken of the badly injured Tsvangirai. "He has head injuries, his whole body is swollen...they are very severe beatings."
It is only now after a court ruling that Tsvangirai will receive medical treatment, but Makumbe says it is difficult to get hold of medicine in Zimbabwe.
Zimbabweans have had enough
Makumbe says Sunday's incident is a turning political point. He says the people of Zimbabwe are no longer going to let Robert Mugabe, the Zimbabwean president, to have it his way as it has been for the past 27 years. Although this will make the government more brutal, Makumbe says Mugabe is slowly losing support from within his own government.
Meanwhile Zimbabwe police allege that the protestors tried to use children as human shields against them, picked up tear gas canister's and threw them at police.
Mukamba refuted these allegations and said the police are hiding the fact that they were outnumbered and said many times they had to run for their lives and they resorted to use "raw force" to subdue the people. edited by Matuba Mahlatjie
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