{"id":337810,"date":"2011-03-25T13:20:42","date_gmt":"2011-03-25T13:20:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/2011\/03\/25\/zimbabwe-mdc-minister-in-hiding\/"},"modified":"2011-03-25T13:20:42","modified_gmt":"2011-03-25T13:20:42","slug":"zimbabwe-mdc-minister-in-hiding","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/03\/25\/zimbabwe-mdc-minister-in-hiding\/","title":{"rendered":"Zimbabwe MDC minister &#8216;in hiding&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><div readability=\"49.8588679245\">\n    \t\t  <span><br \/>\n    <span>25 March 2011<\/span><br \/>\n<span>Last updated at <\/span><span>09:20 ET<\/span><br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<p>One of the ministers in charge of Zimbabwe&#8217;s police has told the BBC she is in hiding for fear she would be arrested as part of a state plot.<\/p>\n<p>Theresa Makone is from the MDC, which joined President Robert Mugabe and his Zanu-PF party in a unity government in 2009 after years in opposition.<\/p>\n<p>She said that Zanu-PF wants to stop her and other MDC MPs voting in next week&#8217;s election for a speaker of parliament.<\/p>\n<p>Tension is again rising in Zimbabwe ahead of possible elections this year.<\/p>\n<p>Ms Makone said she had been told that another MP and Lovemore Moyo, the former speaker of parliament, also faced arrest.<\/p>\n<p>Zimbabwe&#8217;s Energy Minister Elton Mangoma was earlier arrested for a second time this month.<\/p>\n<p>The election of Mr Moyo as speaker of parliament was nullified by the Supreme Court two weeks ago, following a complaint by a Zanu-PF official.<\/p>\n<p>Ms Makone accuses Zanu-PF and their allies in the security forces of trying to prevent MDC MPs from voting, to ensure their candidate wins the new election.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p>\n<p>Originally posted here:<br \/>\n<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/go\/rss\/int\/news\/-\/news\/world-africa-12863369\" title=\"Zimbabwe MDC minister 'in hiding'\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Zimbabwe MDC minister &#8216;in hiding&#8217;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p> 25 March 2011 Last updated at 09:20 ET One of the ministers in charge of Zimbabwe&#8217;s police has told the BBC she is in hiding for fear she would be arrested as part of a state plot. 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