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Police arrest 10 MDC MPs

2009-08-19 19:30

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Joice Mujuru tipped to succeed Mugabe

Zimbabwe's Zanu-PF party is mulling over a special congress at which top vacant positions will be filled and the succession of President Robert Mugabe would be decided, according to a report.

Harare - Zimbabwean police on Wednesday arrested 10 opposition Parliamentarians from Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai's Movement for Democratic Change, a party spokesperson said.

"I have received a report to the effect that 10 of our MPs have been detained by the police. We are still unclear as to the circumstances and motive of the arrest," spokesperson Nelson Chamisa said.

The arrests are likely to raise tension in the unity government Tsvangirai formed with his rival, President Robert Mugabe, to end the political crisis in the southern African country.

Tsvangirai's MDC, which defeated Mugabe's Zanu-PF in last year's Parliamentary polls, accuses Mugabe of plotting to whittle down its majority by arresting its lawmakers on various charges.

The MDC won 100 seats in the 210-member lower house of Parliament against Zanu-PF's 99. A smaller faction of the MDC won 10 seats, and an independent holds the one remaining seat.

Before Wednesday's arrests, at least seven MDC MPs faced charges that the party described as trumped up, and five have already been convicted of various crimes.

Four of them were sentenced to more than six months in jail, which automatically disqualifies them from holding their Parliamentary seats, according to Zimbabwean law.

- Reuters

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