{"id":83186,"date":"2023-09-15T10:28:43","date_gmt":"2023-09-15T08:28:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/all-news\/zimbabwe-going-back-into-a-dark-cloud-of-illegitimacy-ccc"},"modified":"2023-09-15T14:17:47","modified_gmt":"2023-09-15T12:17:47","slug":"zimbabwe-going-back-into-a-dark-cloud-of-illegitimacy-ccc","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.cc\/zimbabwe\/all-news\/zimbabwe-going-back-into-a-dark-cloud-of-illegitimacy-ccc","title":{"rendered":"Zimbabwe Going Back Into A Dark Cloud Of Illegitimacy &#8211; CCC"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Zimbabwe. <\/strong><\/span>The opposition CCC has condemned what it considers the \u201cpersecution and illegal arrest\u201d of its councillors and Members of Parliament since the 23 August Harmonised Elections.<\/p>\n<p>This follows the arrest of Sunningdale MP Maureen Kademaunga, CCC deputy spokesperson Gift Siziba, Harare Deputy Mayor Kudzai Kadzombe and CCC\u2019s Chirumanzu South candidate Patrick Cheza.<\/p>\n<p>CCC Spokesperson Promise Mkwananzi is in hiding after police said he was wanted for allegedly defaulting in court over a public violence charge from 2020.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking to NewZimbabwe.com, Siziba, who is expected to appear in court this Friday for allegedly inciting violence at a football match on Sunday, said Zimbabwe is moving towards a period of uncertainty. He said:<\/p>\n<p>The recent attacks, persecution and illegal arrest of our Councillors and MPs is a clear sign that the regime is petrified.<\/p>\n<p>We just came out of an election, and our people are being punished for rejecting ZANU PF on the ballot.<\/p>\n<p>No victor would punish his people, no father would beat up his kids after winning a lotto.<\/p>\n<p>It is self-evident that our country is going back into a dark cloud of illegitimacy, stagnation and uncertainty.<\/p>\n<p>The closure of democratic space and attack on dissenting voices will soon show its ugly face on the economy.<\/p>\n<p>A disputed and discredited election cannot produce legitimate leadership.<\/p>\n<p>Journalist and government critic Hopewell Chin\u2019ono on Thursday said the arrest of CCC MPs is a brazen attempt by ZANU PF to whittle down the opposition\u2019s numbers in Parliament and attain a two-thirds majority to enable the ruling party to push for constitutional amendments.<\/p>\n<p>He said ZANU PF is planning to arrest \u201cas many CCC MPs as possible\u201d and then call for by-elections which it will rig to achieve a two-thirds majority necessary for constitutional amendments.<\/p>\n<p>Chin\u2019ono warned CCC MPs to avoid saying things that will get the government to craft \u201cfalse charges\u201d against them.<\/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. The opposition CCC has condemned what it considers the \u201cpersecution and illegal arrest\u201d of its councillors and Members of Parliament since the 23 August Harmonised Elections. This follows the arrest of Sunningdale MP Maureen Kademaunga, CCC deputy spokesperson Gift Siziba, Harare Deputy Mayor Kudzai Kadzombe and CCC\u2019s Chirumanzu South candidate Patrick Cheza. [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":83184,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,8,35,12,2715],"tags":[1493,2189,15173,15174,7267,19],"class_list":{"0":"post-83186","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-homepage-english","10":"category-policy","11":"category-to-homepage","12":"tag-africa-press","13":"tag-africa-press-zimbabwe-2","14":"tag-arbitrary-arrests","15":"tag-ccc-members-of-parliament","16":"tag-gift-siziba","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>Zimbabwe Going Back Into A Dark Cloud Of Illegitimacy - CCC - zimbabwe<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"The opposition CCC has condemned what it considers the \u201cpersecution and illegal arrest\u201d of its councillors and Members o ...\" \/>\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\/zimbabwe-going-back-into-a-dark-cloud-of-illegitimacy-ccc\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Zimbabwe Going Back Into A Dark Cloud Of Illegitimacy - CCC\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The opposition CCC has condemned what it considers the \u201cpersecution and illegal arrest\u201d of its councillors and Members o ...\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/all-news\/zimbabwe-going-back-into-a-dark-cloud-of-illegitimacy-ccc\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"zimbabwe\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2023-09-15T08:28:43+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2023-09-15T12:17:47+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/sites\/14\/2023\/09\/sm_1694763678.6795.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1556\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"1123\" \/>\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=\"2 minutes\" \/>\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\/zimbabwe-going-back-into-a-dark-cloud-of-illegitimacy-ccc\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/all-news\/zimbabwe-going-back-into-a-dark-cloud-of-illegitimacy-ccc\",\"name\":\"Zimbabwe Going Back Into A Dark Cloud Of Illegitimacy - CCC - zimbabwe\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/all-news\/zimbabwe-going-back-into-a-dark-cloud-of-illegitimacy-ccc#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/all-news\/zimbabwe-going-back-into-a-dark-cloud-of-illegitimacy-ccc#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/sites\/14\/2023\/09\/sm_1694763678.6795.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2023-09-15T08:28:43+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2023-09-15T12:17:47+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/#\/schema\/person\/2e02b5816e71b1149d79877f669a85e4\"},\"description\":\"The opposition CCC has condemned what it considers the \u201cpersecution and illegal arrest\u201d of its councillors and Members o ...\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/all-news\/zimbabwe-going-back-into-a-dark-cloud-of-illegitimacy-ccc#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/all-news\/zimbabwe-going-back-into-a-dark-cloud-of-illegitimacy-ccc\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/all-news\/zimbabwe-going-back-into-a-dark-cloud-of-illegitimacy-ccc#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/sites\/14\/2023\/09\/sm_1694763678.6795.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/sites\/14\/2023\/09\/sm_1694763678.6795.jpg\",\"width\":1556,\"height\":1123,\"caption\":\"Zimbabwe Going Back Into A Dark Cloud Of Illegitimacy - CCC\"},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/all-news\/zimbabwe-going-back-into-a-dark-cloud-of-illegitimacy-ccc#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.cc\/zimbabwe\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Zimbabwe Going Back Into A Dark Cloud Of Illegitimacy &#8211; CCC\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/\",\"name\":\"zimbabwe\",\"description\":\"\u0623\u062e\u0628\u0627\u0631 \u064a\u0648\u0645\u064a\u0629 \u0639\u0644\u0649 \u0645\u062f\u0627\u0631 \u0627\u0644\u0633\u0627\u0639\u0629\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/#\/schema\/person\/2e02b5816e71b1149d79877f669a85e4\",\"name\":\"cfeditoren\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO Premium plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Zimbabwe Going Back Into A Dark Cloud Of Illegitimacy - CCC - zimbabwe","description":"The opposition CCC has condemned what it considers the \u201cpersecution and illegal arrest\u201d of its councillors and Members o ...","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/all-news\/zimbabwe-going-back-into-a-dark-cloud-of-illegitimacy-ccc","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Zimbabwe Going Back Into A Dark Cloud Of Illegitimacy - CCC","og_description":"The opposition CCC has condemned what it considers the \u201cpersecution and illegal arrest\u201d of its councillors and Members o ...","og_url":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/all-news\/zimbabwe-going-back-into-a-dark-cloud-of-illegitimacy-ccc","og_site_name":"zimbabwe","article_published_time":"2023-09-15T08:28:43+00:00","article_modified_time":"2023-09-15T12:17:47+00:00","og_image":[{"width":1556,"height":1123,"url":"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/sites\/14\/2023\/09\/sm_1694763678.6795.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"cfeditoren","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"cfeditoren","Est. reading time":"2 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/all-news\/zimbabwe-going-back-into-a-dark-cloud-of-illegitimacy-ccc","url":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/all-news\/zimbabwe-going-back-into-a-dark-cloud-of-illegitimacy-ccc","name":"Zimbabwe Going Back Into A Dark Cloud Of Illegitimacy - CCC - zimbabwe","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/all-news\/zimbabwe-going-back-into-a-dark-cloud-of-illegitimacy-ccc#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/all-news\/zimbabwe-going-back-into-a-dark-cloud-of-illegitimacy-ccc#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/sites\/14\/2023\/09\/sm_1694763678.6795.jpg","datePublished":"2023-09-15T08:28:43+00:00","dateModified":"2023-09-15T12:17:47+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/#\/schema\/person\/2e02b5816e71b1149d79877f669a85e4"},"description":"The opposition CCC has condemned what it considers the \u201cpersecution and illegal arrest\u201d of its councillors and Members o ...","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/all-news\/zimbabwe-going-back-into-a-dark-cloud-of-illegitimacy-ccc#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/all-news\/zimbabwe-going-back-into-a-dark-cloud-of-illegitimacy-ccc"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/all-news\/zimbabwe-going-back-into-a-dark-cloud-of-illegitimacy-ccc#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/sites\/14\/2023\/09\/sm_1694763678.6795.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/sites\/14\/2023\/09\/sm_1694763678.6795.jpg","width":1556,"height":1123,"caption":"Zimbabwe Going Back Into A Dark Cloud Of Illegitimacy - CCC"},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/all-news\/zimbabwe-going-back-into-a-dark-cloud-of-illegitimacy-ccc#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.cc\/zimbabwe\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Zimbabwe Going Back Into A Dark Cloud Of Illegitimacy &#8211; CCC"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/","name":"zimbabwe","description":"\u0623\u062e\u0628\u0627\u0631 \u064a\u0648\u0645\u064a\u0629 \u0639\u0644\u0649 \u0645\u062f\u0627\u0631 \u0627\u0644\u0633\u0627\u0639\u0629","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/#\/schema\/person\/2e02b5816e71b1149d79877f669a85e4","name":"cfeditoren"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.cc\/zimbabwe\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/83186","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.cc\/zimbabwe\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.cc\/zimbabwe\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.cc\/zimbabwe\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/84"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.cc\/zimbabwe\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=83186"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.cc\/zimbabwe\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/83186\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.cc\/zimbabwe\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/83184"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.cc\/zimbabwe\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=83186"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.cc\/zimbabwe\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=83186"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.cc\/zimbabwe\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=83186"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}