Zanu-PF warns against abuse of party regalia

reports that two sol­diers in uniform were assaulted by touts who claimed to be Zanu-PF members.
“There are people masquerading as Zanu-PF members and at the same time harassing people.

“These people are only doing this to tarnish the party’s name. People must know that not all ranks are manned by Zanu-PF because 50 per­cent of them are run by people from the opposition parties.
“We are not going to rest until these allegations against us are resolved for we are a law abiding party,” he said.

He also urged the public to report to the provincial offices or police when­ever they see people wearing the party’s regalia misbehaving.
Cde Mutero said investigations by the party revealed that no reports were made either to the police or army headquarters on the alleged assault.
“We had a meeting with other stake­holders in the security sector including the army and the police and we realised that no reports had been made to the police or the army,” he said.

The party’s secretary for adminis­tration Harare province, Cde Torongo Torongo echoed the same sentiments saying Zanu-PF is the people’s party.
“These commuters who are being harassed are our members therefore we can not send people to harass our own people,” Cde Torongo said.

In the past few weeks tensions have been rising between the commuter omnibus operators and the touts with the former alleging that money demanded by the touts was unjusti­fied and pushing them out of busi­ness.

It is alleged the touts are collecting US$3 per trip.