Zimbabwe’s Supreme Court Orders Release of MDC Member Roy Bennett, Conditions Apply

The Supreme Court in Zimbabwe has ordered the state to release jailed MDC member Roy Bennett on bail but have added new conditions that further restrict the ministerial nominee.

Bennett was arrested on Feb. 13 and charged with plotting to kill President Robert Mugabe, an accusation he has strongly denied. The arrest came on the same day that MDC ministers were sworn in to the new power-sharing government formed by Mugabe and MDC leader Morgan Tsvangirai.  

Bennett has been named by the MDC as deputy agriculture minister and his arrest added tension to an already tenuous political situation. On several occasions Bennett has state that his arrest was an attempt by Mugabe’s ZANU-PF to destabilize the power-sharing government.

Following Bennett’s arrest the High Court ruled that he be freed on $2,000 bail and ordered to report to police twice a week but the state appealed that decision and attempted to have the bail revoked but the Supreme Court supported the High Court’s decision.

While Bennett was granted bail the Supreme Court pushed the amount to $5,000 and ordered him to report to police three times a week.

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