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The opposition MDC said it was aware of police intentions to raid its headquarters in central Harare in search for \u201cmachete\u201d.<\/p>\n

In a statement earlier on Friday, MDC deputy national spokesperson\u00a0Luke Tamborinyoka<\/a>\u00a0accused the police of planning to plant machetes at Morgan Tsvangirai House. Below is the statement in full:<\/p>\n

Police intend to siege MDC headquarters, plant machetes<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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  • We have gathered from impeccable sources within the regime that the police intend to siege Morgan Richard Tsvangirai House today in a desperate bid to plant machetes and justify their unwarranted crackdown on the party\u2019s legitimate activities.\n

    They are on a desperate witch-hunt and are frantically seeking to portray the MDC, the people\u2019s party, as a rogue organization.<\/p>\n

    The police have been illegally cracking down on the party\u2019s legitimate programmes, proscribing innocent party activities, arresting the party leadership and stopping Zimbabweans from peacefully expressing themselves in line with the country\u2019s Constitution.<\/p>\n

    We understand the police are seeking a search warrant in order to use their presence at the headquarters of the people\u2019s party so as to plant machetes and portray the MDC as a criminal organization.<\/p>\n

    The desperate attempts will not wash.<\/p>\n

    The people shall govern.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

    The opposition MDC said it was aware of police intentions to raid its headquarters in central Harare in search for \u201cmachete\u201d. In a statement earlier on Friday, MDC deputy national spokesperson\u00a0Luke Tamborinyoka\u00a0accused the police of planning to plant machetes at Morgan Tsvangirai House. Below is the statement in full: Police intend to siege MDC headquarters, […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":18210,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,10],"tags":[88,1135],"class_list":{"0":"post-18209","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-all-news","8":"category-parties","9":"tag-mdc","10":"tag-opposition-parties"},"yoast_head":"\nMDC Was Aware Of Police Plans To Raid It\u2019s Offices {Full Text} - zimbabwe<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"The opposition MDC said it was aware of police intentions to raid its headquarters in central Harare in search for \u201cmachete\u201d.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/all-news\/mdc-was-aware-of-police-plans-to-raid-its-offices-full-text\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"MDC Was Aware Of Police Plans To Raid It\u2019s Offices {Full Text}\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The opposition MDC said it was aware of police intentions to raid its headquarters in central Harare in search for \u201cmachete\u201d.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/all-news\/mdc-was-aware-of-police-plans-to-raid-its-offices-full-text\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"zimbabwe\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2020-01-17T21:24:39+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/sites\/14\/2020\/01\/MDC-HQ-Police-Raid-490x600-1.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"490\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"600\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/all-news\/mdc-was-aware-of-police-plans-to-raid-its-offices-full-text\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/all-news\/mdc-was-aware-of-police-plans-to-raid-its-offices-full-text\",\"name\":\"MDC Was Aware Of Police Plans To Raid It\u2019s Offices {Full Text} - 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