{"id":55907,"date":"2022-03-13T19:47:43","date_gmt":"2022-03-13T17:47:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/?p=55907"},"modified":"2022-03-13T19:32:03","modified_gmt":"2022-03-13T17:32:03","slug":"maimane-tells-president-mnangagwa-to-stop-using-state-apparatus-to-ban-rivals","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.cc\/zimbabwe\/all-news\/maimane-tells-president-mnangagwa-to-stop-using-state-apparatus-to-ban-rivals","title":{"rendered":"Maimane Tells President Mnangagwa To Stop Using State Apparatus To Ban Rivals"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Zimbabwe. <\/strong><\/span>Former Democratic Alliance (DA) leader, Mmusi Maimane, has told President Emmerson Mnangagwa to \u201cstop using state apparatus\u201d if he is serious about free and fair elections.<\/p>\n<p>Maimane\u2019s remarks come as the Zimbabwe Republic Police (ZRP) has blocked three Citizens\u2019 Coalition for Change (CCC) rallies -Gokwe, Marondera and Binga \u2013 for allegedly failing to meet minimum requirements. He said:<\/p>\n<p>If you are serious about free elections then you don\u2019t use the state apparatus to ban your rivals from holding election rallies. You don\u2019t send goons to attack them during their events. Zimbabwe will be free and you will not stop the people Emmerson Mnangagwa.<\/p>\n<p>Zimbabwe is gearing for 26 March by-elections to fill vacant Parliamentary and council seats that became vacant following the deaths of some individuals who had been elected and the recalling of many MDC Alliance members by the MDC-T.<\/p>\n<p><strong>For More News And Analysis About <a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\">Zimbabwe<\/a> Follow <a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/\">Africa-Press<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; Zimbabwe. Former Democratic Alliance (DA) leader, Mmusi Maimane, has told President Emmerson Mnangagwa to \u201cstop using state apparatus\u201d if he is serious about free and fair elections. Maimane\u2019s remarks come as the Zimbabwe Republic Police (ZRP) has blocked three Citizens\u2019 Coalition for Change (CCC) rallies -Gokwe, Marondera and Binga \u2013 for allegedly failing [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":55906,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,35,12,15],"tags":[1493,2189,4256,8172,19],"class_list":{"0":"post-55907","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-all-news","8":"category-homepage-english","9":"category-policy","10":"category-twitter","11":"tag-africa-press","12":"tag-africa-press-zimbabwe-2","13":"tag-emmerson-dambudzo-mnangagwa-ed","14":"tag-mmusi-maimane","15":"tag-zimbabwe"},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v24.1 (Yoast SEO v24.1) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Maimane Tells President Mnangagwa To Stop Using State Apparatus To Ban Rivals - 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