Arrested ‘protesters’ are MDC Alliance polling agents

SUSPECTED MDC Alliance protesters, who were arrested at the party headquarters last Thursday were mostly polling agents and candidates who were submitting their V11 forms collected from various constituencies, the court heard yesterday.

The suspected protesters, who are charged with public violence, appeared before magistrate Francis Vhitorini and were represented by human rights lawyers Gift Mtisi, Lizwe Jamela, Denford Halimani, Kossam Ncube and James Makiya.

While applying for bail, the accused’s lawyers told the court that the military caused commotion at the party headquarters while the accused persons were surrendering poll returns to their superiors.

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