MDC secretary general remanded in custody to 9 July
June 20th, 2008
Via an MDC Press Release:
MDC secretary general, Hon. Tendai Biti has been remanded in custody to 9 July on a trumped up treason charge and three other counts.
However, Attorney General, Bharat Patel will announce at 4 pm today whether to grant Hon. Biti bail or not. Hon. Biti is also the MP for Harare East.
Magistrate Mishrod Guvamombe, remanded Hon. Biti to 9 July claiming that there was reasonable suspicion that he committed the offence.
Hon. Biti faces four charges, one of treason and three others under the Criminal Law (Codification and Reform Act).
On the treason charge, he is accused of authoring a document titled “The Transition Strategy” which the police allege was aimed at “discussing the overthrowing of a legitimately elected government”.
Hon. Biti was arrested on Thursday 12 June 2008 at the Harare International Airport upon arrival from South Africa.
The MDC maintains its considered view that the charges against Mr Biti are maliciously politically motivated. The regime wants to frustrate both the internal cohesion of the MDC and its election campaign. The regime knows fully well that its time is up and is trying to postpone the inevitable, its departure. Come the 27th of June we will finish this regime of thugs and war lords, and usher a new era of jobs, health care, education and general prosperity.
We maintain that Mr Biti must be released immediately, the MDC and the country as a whole needs his services.
June 20th, 2008 14:39
JUST LSITENED TIO THE BBC NEWS LUNCHTIME THAT SOME MEMBERS OF THE MDC ARE WANTING THE LEADERS TO PULL OUT OF THE RE RUN ELECTION. HOPE TO GOODNESS THEY DONT DO THIS AS THEY ARE SO CLOSE TO WINNING AND ALL THE DEATHS SO FAR WILL HAVE BEEN FOR NOTHING JUST PRAY MDC KEEP THEIR STRENGTH UP AND FINALISE THIS ELECTION ONCE AND FOR ALL AND NO ONE MAKES THEM PULL OUT THEN MUGABE HAS WON AGAIN. NOWS THE TIME TO KEEP GOING
June 20th, 2008 15:37
I have admired the MDC’s style. They have made smart maneuvers. I think they will again be clever about their decision on the runoff.
Election or not,the Mugabe regime is doomed, and so I think the MDC will have a few extra cards to play in this crazy political game. Whatever they do, I’m sure they will do with the best intentions for the people of Zimbabwe.
June 20th, 2008 16:48
Please MDC don’t give up for all of our sakes, just heard on our news that there’s talking of calling the election off. We must go on as sad as I am about this horrendous things that are going on.This Mugabe has lost the plot long time ago and sadly his puppets need to be prayed for as they really don’t know what they are doing.May the Lord bring this down soon and never to be repeated as this will go down in our history books.I continue to pray for this end to come soon when I can come back home and start helping to build this beloved country of ours.
June 20th, 2008 23:58
Zimbabweans fought for democracy not for mugabe, they spoke on the 29th of march they will speak again on the 27th of june ,this regime has supressed the people enough mugabe has no title deeds over zimbabwe noone will ever have any, anyone elected democraticaly can lead zimbabwe ,mugabe sounds just like smith funny how history has a way of repeating itself,DONT PULL OUT MDC WE WILL NOT FEAR WE WILL VOTE AGAIN.
zimbabwe lets finish what we started lets send the dictator packing, 27 june we do it again.
June 21st, 2008 01:22
‘Not in a thousand years’ Ian Smith once said about blacks gaining independence. Mugabe has done the same to Morgan Tsvangirai, beating him, belittling him and his party to the extent that at one time Happyson Muchechetere, a mere TV PRESENTER interviewing Tsvangirai, disrespectfully refered to him as simply ‘Iwe Morgan.’
This is the final straw albeit the difficulties of bullying and murder. Don’t give up now MDC. The mad man’s rhetoric has gone out of hand. He now can’t believe the power of the pen. We will show him how mighty it is. Wasn’t Goliath TKod by ‘Little’ david.
There has never been any wisdom, might nor intelligence in this outgoing demagogue, only insecurity, vanity, insanity and conceit which was fuelled by the fear of those sycophants he had around him for twenty eight years.
Lets give him a mighty kick up his you know what!
May 11th, 2009 16:00
Another unity government, another sign of the failure of true democracy.Elections yield results and the june 27 sham was not true a true election mugabe raced against himself and amazingly prouds himself of victory.
we wont forget what we want, mugabe out democray in ,our vehicle mdc is in service while the unity govt lasts we will finish it off.