Police search for ‘missing’ MDC-T activist

Felex Share Harare Bureau
MDC-T activist and journalist, Itai Dzamara, reportedly went missing on Monday with MDC-T leader Morgan Tsvangirai yesterday blaming the incident on Zanu-PF.

Police yesterday confirmed that Dzamara’s wife had filed a case of a missing person.

“His wife made a report today (yesterday) and police are investigating the matter,” said police spokesperson Senior Assistant Commissioner Charity Charamba.

Zanu-PF yesterday scoffed at Tsvangirai’s allegations saying the beleaguered MDC-T leader was hijacking Dzamara’s alleged “disappearance”.

Party spokesperson Cde Simon Khaya Moyo said Tsvangirai had run out of ideas since the heavy defeat by President Mugabe and Zanu-PF in the 2013 harmonised elections.

“I don’t even know the person in question (Itai Dzamara) but he (Tsvangirai) is trying to find a case to please his masters because they have nothing to offer the people,” he said.

“He’s trying to sell his party because they’re short of what to talk about now after being drubbed in consecutive elections. They no longer talk about things such as their JUICE (MDC-T’s 2013 election manifesto). We don’t know what happened to the juice, it seems to have disappeared.”

Cde Khaya Moyo said it was surprising that Tsvangirai was making hasty statements at a time the family (Dzamara’s) had made a police report.

Zanu-PF, he said, was a disciplined party and Tsvangirai wanted to paint a bad picture of President Mugabe and the revolutionary party.

“If they reported to the police, we’re law abiding and if there’s anybody who commits a crime, police know what to do,” Cde Khaya Moyo said.

“We’re not lawless. The former Prime Minister should avoid reckless utterances particularly when a police report has been made. We don’t believe in kidnapping people. We’ve clear principles and policies.”

Tsvangirai has a history of grandstanding, and his latest intervention came as President Mugabe left the country to join other world leaders attending the third World Conference on Disaster Risk Reduction in Japan. Tsvangirai made the claims at a news conference in Harare.