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Police in Zimbabwe have stopped the main opposition party from holding a street protest on Wednesday over next week’s poll.

The opposition was planning to hold the demonstration outside the country’s election commission just days before the crucial election.

The opposition MDC party’s secretary general, Douglas Mwonzora says police banned the protest.

The police say they will be occupied with preparations for the general elections and won’t have time to coordinate the protest.

Zimbabwe’s main opposition party threatened in the past to boycott the elections due to disagreements over ballot papers.

Nelson Chamisa who leads the Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) says there will be no election if there is no agreement on ballot papers.

He wants the agreement reached between the independent election agency and political parties.

The opposition has in the past weeks staged protests outside the offices of the electoral commission.

But the police don’t want to allow for another protest days before the elections.

On Tuesday Zimbabwe’s President Emmerson Mnangagwa warned that he will not tolerate anarchy, heightening tension.

Mr Mnangagwa said “If anyone causes anarchy, the rule of law will prevail. We will not allow chaos in our country. We want peace.”

Next week’s elections will be the first since Robert Mugabe exited power after resigning.

 

Source: Africafeeds.com

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