By Paul Nyathi|President Emmerson Mnangagwa has criticised members of the police who disrupted an MDC Alliance press conference at the Bronte Hotel on Friday afternoon.

The press conference was addressed by the MDC Alliance losing Presidential candidate Nelson Chamisa but not before the police tried to stop the gathering and chased away the journalists from the hotel.

“The scenes today at the Bronte Hotel have no place in our society and we are urgently investigating the matter to understand exactly what happened. Over the past nine months we have protected freedom of speech, of assembly and the right to criticise the government,” said Mnangagwa in a statement.

Mnangagwa said that his government was not hiding anything from anyone by stopping other elections stakeholders from talking to the media.

“This is an indispensable part of the new Zimbabwe. It is non-negotiable and will not change. We won the election freely and fairly, and have nothing to hide or fear. Anyone is free to address the media at any time,” he said.

President Mnangagwa sent a senior ZANU PF official Senator Simon Khaya Moyo to the hotel with a message to the police to stop disrupting the press conference.