Terrence Mawawa|A senior MDC Alliance official has denied the party organised the August 1 demonstrations.

Giving his testimony before the Commission of Inquiry into the shooting of innocent civilians, MDC Alliance Youth Assembly Secretary General, Lovemore Chinoputsa, dismissed claims that the opposition party organised the protests.

“The MDC Alliance did not organise the demonstrations.Remember the fact that 23 candidates contested for the Presidency,” said Chinoputsa.

“Honourable Tendai was nowhere near those who participated in the protests.

There is a calculated ploy to gag influential opposition leaders,” added Chinoputsa.