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MDC MP Evades Arrest Over ‘Insult’ Charges

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Original Post Date: 2010-09-08 Time: 18:00:02  Posted By: News Poster

By Alex Bell

Nyanga North MP Douglas Mwonzora managed to evade arrest on Monday evening, in connection with charges against him of ‘insulting’ Robert Mugabe.

Mutare lawyer Tinoziva Bere intervened when an arrest warrant was about to be served on Mwonzora, who missed his court date on Monday.

Mwonzora, who is chairperson for the Constitutional Parliamentary Committee (COPAC), had refused to attend the court hearing because of his COPAC duties. Bere said that the matter was resolved “amicably” with the state prosecutor and the case will instead be heard in October.

Mwonzora faces charges of insulting and undermining the authority of Mugabe at a political rally at Ruwangwe in March 2009. The MP also faces another count of undermining the authority of the police.

It is alleged that Mwonzora said: “President Mugabe Chikwambo uye achamhanya…Ndaona Mugabe achigeza, tauro muchiuno, sipo muhapwa,uye ndebvu hwapepe. Pamberi neMDC; Pasi nechihurumende chembavha chinosunga vanhu vasina mhosva chichitora zvinhu zvavo.”

Literally, this means: “President Mugabe is a goblin and will run…I saw Mugabe bathing, towel on his waist, soap under his armpit and big beard. Forward with MDC and down with a bad government of thieves which arrests innocent people taking away their property.”

The charges come with a stiff sentence if Mwonzora is found guilty.

Last week a 23 year old man was sentenced to just under a year behind bars with hard labour, for ‘insulting’ Mugabe. Gift Mafuka was accused of making an “insulting” remark to two children wearing pro-Mugabe T-shirts, apparently asking the boys why they were wearing T-shirts picturing an old person with wrinkles.

Mafuka was found guilty of contravening the Criminal Codification and Reform Act, by “insulting the office of the President.” However, his sentence was reduced by two months on condition he does not call Mugabe ‘old’ again in the next five years.

Original date published: 7 September 2010

Source: http://allafrica.com/stories/201009080478.html?viewall=1