Court okays rallies
Sunday, June 8, 2008
A ZIMBABWE court ruled yesterday that the opposition can hold a series of rallies in Harare, overturning a police decision to bar them before a presidential run-off, an opposition lawyer said.
"The judge ordered the rallies be allowed and that the police should not interrupt the rallies," said Charles Kwaramba, a lawyer for the opposition Movement for Democratic Change (MDC).
The MDC had filed papers with the high court in Harare late last Friday after police denied authorisation to stage rallies in the townships of Glen Norah, Kambuzuma, Mufakose and According to a letter signed by a superintendent of police, a copy of which was read to AFP, authorities based their decision to bar the rallies on MDC statements concerning assassination threats.AFP
"The judge ordered the rallies be allowed and that the police should not interrupt the rallies," said Charles Kwaramba, a lawyer for the opposition Movement for Democratic Change (MDC).
The MDC had filed papers with the high court in Harare late last Friday after police denied authorisation to stage rallies in the townships of Glen Norah, Kambuzuma, Mufakose and According to a letter signed by a superintendent of police, a copy of which was read to AFP, authorities based their decision to bar the rallies on MDC statements concerning assassination threats.AFP
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