(TALKZIMBABWE) Tsvangirai running away from his own shadow — police

Tuesday, June 24, 2008

(TALKZIMBABWE) Tsvangirai running away from his own shadow — police

Tsvangirai running away from his own shadow — police
Floyd Nkomo
Tue, 24 Jun 2008 00:10:00 +0000

ZIMBABWE’S police commissioner-general has issued a statement quashing claims by the Movement for Democratic Change leader that he was seeking refuge at the Dutch embassy because he feared arrest by police authorities. At a Press yesterday Zimbabwe’s police commissioner-general Augustine Chihuri said there was no warrant of arrest issued for the MDC-T leader.

“We do not have any complaints from him or his party of any threats of violence or attempts on his life that would cause him to fear for his safety and seek sanctuary in a foreign embassy,” said the commissioner-general adding that they “do not want Mr Tsvangirai for any crime and we have always been open about any arrest we make.”

The commissioner-general said if they wanted to arrest Tsvangirai they would have done it without any hesitation as it was their “constitutional duty to arrest offenders and bring them before the courts of law,” regardless of any public opinion about the arrest itself.

He also said any impending arrest of the MDC-T leader would be in the public domain.

Chihuri said: “We believe the latest development of seeking refuge at the Dutch Embassy is an exhibitionist antic intended to provoke international anger and mustering of sympathy from his handlers.”

The commissioner-general said Tsvangirai was “running away from his own shadow” and asked: “Who is he trying to please by these antics? Whose agenda is he pursuing with this dithering?”

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