Terrence Mawawa|The MDC A  party led by Nelson Chamisa is planning to hold mass demonstrations despite claims by Emmerson Mnangagwa that the opposition party is plotting to perpetrate unconstitutional acts of hooliganism.

Suffering Zimbabweans are unhappy with the current economic hardships prevailing in the country.

Home Affairs minister Cain Mathema recently warned against what he called “illegal demonstrations” and threated that the government will deal severely with such.

However, MDC secretary-general Douglas Mwonzora said his party would not be deterred by the threats.

In an interview with The Daily News
on Sunday, Mwonzora said:” We are not going to demonstrate out of
the benevolence of Zanu PF.
Zimbabweans have a reason to
demonstrate … the rights to demonstrate are enshrined in the
Constitution and … Mathema should
put that in his head.
It must not be forgotten that the people of Zimbabwe have rights enshrined in the Constitution.

Section 59 of the Constitution clearly states that every person has the right to demonstrate and to present petitions.

The MDC is committed to holding
authorities accountable to the dictates of our Constitution and the law. In view of this, we are committed to exercising our democratic right to demonstrate in
a peaceful manner as required by the
Constitution.

We are the agents of peace, as we
have always shown. We will continue
to pursue peaceful and democratic
means to end the oppression and
suffering of our people, regardless of
the lies and machinations of the
commission of inquiry.”