MDC president Nelson Chamisa will be arrested if he holds public meetings without notifying the Zimbabwe Republic Police and getting its approval, Justice minister Ziyambi Ziyambi has said.

In an interview with the Daily News on Friday, Ziyambi Ziyambi said the new law Maintenance of Peace and Order Act, demonstrations without notifying the regulatory authority is a criminal offence.

“If Chamisa carries on with what he said he can be arrested. He is out of order … you can’t do that and endanger other people who are doing their business,” said Ziyambi.

Police have been routinely banning almost all of the MDC’s planned public gatherings giving flimsy reasons for doing so.

President Emmerson Mnangagwa recently signed into law the Maintenance of Peace and Order Act (Mopa) — which replaced the draconian Public Order Security Act (Posa). Posa was used by the police to block the MDC from holding rallies.