MDC-T Matabeleland South spokesperson, Ekem Moyo has said MDC-T will continue its door-to-door voter education exercise in Beitbridge despite the arrestof 11 members over the weekend. Police arrested 11 MDC-T members in the border town, including its 2013 parliamentary election losing candidate, Morgan Ncube and a woman with a baby, while conducting a door-to-door voter registration awareness exercise.
Said Moyo:
As MDC-T Matabeleland South province we condemn the barbaric act and cruelty perpetrated on our members as inhumane and unthinkable. Our members were doing what is right according to the Constitution, but according to State-sponsored agents the right thing is wrong.
The group spent the weekend in custody and was only released on Monday on free bail when they appeared at the Beitbridge Magistrates’ Court. Police accused the MDC-T members of running an unauthorised voter registration awareness exercise. He described the arrests as intimidation tactics, which he said will not force them to abandon the voter registration awareness exercise.
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