By Jane Mlambo| Opposition MDC Alliance Vice President Tendai Biti has described Friday’s planned anti-corruption demo as a success, hailing citizens for outsmarted the state by staying away.

Posting on Twitter, Biti said action by the state to shutdown the country will expose the new dispensation to the world for its crude use of force.

“The #amoeba & his regime will have another sleepless night tonight . The citizen outsmarted same by staying away. But the world was exposed to a crude farcical display of force & idiocy proof beyond doubt that he is irredeemable & the sooner he departs the throne the better,” said Biti.

The Harare East legislator demanded the release of journalist Hopewell Chin’ono, Transform Zimbabwe leader Jacob Ngarivhume and many other citizens including the MDC Alliance trio, Tsitsi Dangarembga who were arrested by the regime in its quest to stay in power.

“The arrest & harassment of citizens is a sign of regime s state of derangement .We demand the immediate release of Hope ,Jacob ,Cecelia, Tsitsi,Farsi, Drury family members &many others victimized by this regimeWe demand the immediate restoration of the constitution &rule of law,” added Biti.