Own Correspondent|MDC Alliance has vowed to continue with its anniversary celebrations scheduled for Saturday accusing Zimbabwe Republic Police of being partisan.

Addressing journalists at a press conference in Harare, MDC alliance President Nelson Chamisa said the police was hiding behind cholera.

“We have also seen Zanu PF masquerading as police and continue to hide behind cholera, they are thanking cholera for helping Zanu PF to ban our activities under the guise of cholera being a problem in the country but yet soccer matches and weddings are continuing,” said Chamisa.

“Mnangagwa had a graduation ceremony so this weekend we have said whether the police indicate that they are not willing to proceed with our meeting or not we will have to do everything that is necessary to proceed with that meeting,” he said.

Chamisa said his party was willing to go to court if the police tries to ban them from holding their event.

“We have to go to court if they refuse. We are yet to hear their response. We cannot continue postponing our anniversary it has to be on, on the 27th and we have to take all legal mechanisms, peaceful mechanisms to make sure that we congregate,” he said.

Chamisa also said the government was trying to shift blame and accuse them for the August 1 violence.

“They are trying to shift blame and point fingers at the imaginary opposition hand when there was no hand, we do not control instruments of terror, we do not control tools of force that were used on the first of August and we have nothing to do with the circumstances,” he said.

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