{"id":75479,"date":"2023-03-17T11:30:37","date_gmt":"2023-03-17T09:30:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/all-news\/sikhalas-continued-incarceration-a-dark-stain-on-our-democracy-mahere"},"modified":"2023-03-17T13:50:40","modified_gmt":"2023-03-17T11:50:40","slug":"sikhalas-continued-incarceration-a-dark-stain-on-our-democracy-mahere","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.cc\/zimbabwe\/all-news\/sikhalas-continued-incarceration-a-dark-stain-on-our-democracy-mahere","title":{"rendered":"Sikhala\u2019s Continued Incarceration A Dark Stain On Our Democracy \u2013 Mahere"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Zimbabwe. <\/strong><\/span><b>Fadzayi Mahere<\/b>, the national spokesperson of the opposition <b>Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC)<\/b> has said <b>Job Sikhala\u2019s<\/b> continued incarceration is a dark stain on Zimbabwe\u2019s democracy.<\/p>\n<p>She made the remarks hours after Harare regional magistrate Mrs Marehwanazvo Gofa Thursday ruled the Zengeza West Member of Parliament has a case to answer on charges of obstructing or defeating the course of justice.<\/p>\n<p>Sikhala is being accused of hindering police investigations into the murder of <b>Moreblessing Ali<\/b> and the violence that ensued in the Nyatsime area in June 2022.<\/p>\n<p>Sikhala was arrested following the violence and has as of 17 March 2023 spent 276 days at Chikurubi Maximum Security Prison. The courts have denied him bail on numerous occasions.<\/p>\n<p>In a Twitter post seen by Pindula News, Mahere said bail is a constitutional right. She said:<\/p>\n<p>Pane asipo [someone is missing]. If he was free, he\u2019d be championing voter registration across the nation! We demand the release of @JobSikhala1 from detention. His continued incarceration is a dark stain on our democracy. Bail is a constitutional entitlement. He is innocent. #FreeWiwa<\/p>\n<p>Delivering judgement after the Sikhala applied for discharge at the close of the State\u2019s representations Mrs Gofa said the lawmaker who is awaiting trial has a case to answer.<\/p>\n<p>The magistrate said evidence before her, so far, shows that the politician has some explaining to make.<\/p>\n<p>The CCC party says Sikhala\u2019s detention is political in nature as it is aimed at frustrating the opposition party\u2019s 2023 election campaign.<\/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. Fadzayi Mahere, the national spokesperson of the opposition Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) has said Job Sikhala\u2019s continued incarceration is a dark stain on Zimbabwe\u2019s democracy. She made the remarks hours after Harare regional magistrate Mrs Marehwanazvo Gofa Thursday ruled the Zengeza West Member of Parliament has a case to answer on [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":75477,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,8,12,2715],"tags":[11494,1493,2189,2308,2408,10250,19],"class_list":{"0":"post-75479","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-all-news","8":"category-head-lines","9":"category-policy","10":"category-to-homepage","11":"tag-14-june-nyatsime-violence","12":"tag-africa-press","13":"tag-africa-press-zimbabwe-2","14":"tag-fadzayi-mahere","15":"tag-job-sikhala","16":"tag-moreblessing-ali-murder","17":"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>Sikhala\u2019s Continued Incarceration A Dark Stain On Our Democracy \u2013 Mahere - zimbabwe<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Fadzayi Mahere, the national spokesperson of the opposition Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) has said &lt; 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