Under the new law, the police will still be entitled to ask political parties for lists of members or office-bearers attending committee meetings or other structures.
Instead, the blame fell on vice-president Constantino Chiwenga, who doubled up as defence minister. Chiwenga has since been stripped of the defence ministry.
Clause 18 of the new Maintenance of Peace and Order Bill rectifies the constitutional defects in the previous bill by ensuring that the president, rather than the defence minister, authorises the deployment of soldiers to assist police maintaining law and order, as required by section 213 of the constitution.
Posa, under which public demonstrations and protests are effectively illegal, was used as part of former president Robert Mugabe’s suppression machinery, along with the Access to Information and Protection of Privacy Act . However, Posa's repeal has been a huge letdown for many. According to Veritas, a legal watchdog in Zimbabwe, the change is a copy-and-paste job.
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