Zimbabwe Court Rules MDC Nominee for Deputy Agriculture Minister Could Face Charges

A Zimbabwe court ruled that Roy Bennett, the Movement for Democratic Change nominee for deputy agriculture minister in the new unity government, could still face charges related to his arrest last week and he will remain held until March 4.

Bennett was arrested last Friday, the day new ministers were sworn in by President Robert Mugabe. He is facing possible terrorism charges related to illegal arms possession.

The arrest of Bennett angered MDC leaders who called the move politically motivated and said it was an attempt to undermine the new power-sharing government. The MDC has called for the release of Bennett as well as more than 30 other MDC supporters who have been held over the past several months.

Bennett’s arrest and the subsequent ruling by Magistrate Livingstone Chipadze has already caused tension in a unity government less than one week old. It took months before the MDC and ruling ZANU-PF could put their power-sharing agreement into practice and now that relationship could already be showing signs of trouble.

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