By Own Correspondent- Former MDC secretary for Legal Affairs David Coltart has defended ex-Minister Professor Jonathan Moyo on allegations that he was involved in the drafting and steering of the notorious Public Order Security Act.

In a tweet posted on Tuesday Coltart said:

“As I recall it was Patrick Chinamasa who steered POSA through parliament with great support from the then speaker of parliament Emmerson Mnangagwa.”

Professor Moyo added, “And the Minister of Home Affairs was John Landa Nkomo.”

The issue began when Moyo invited Coltart and former Finance Minister Tendai Biti to respond to ZANU PF Patriots who had said, “Jonathan Moyo’s  POSA is gone. Government last Friday gazetted the Maintenance of Peace and Order Bill to replace the POSA in line with its commitment to open up democratic space and align laws with the constitution as part of the reform agenda of the Second Republic.”