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Police spokesperson Charamba, (JOC) , the ZDF Colonels, Mugwisi ,Nyasha and Commissioner Mvere, claim unity in joint statement.
Police spokesperson Charamba, (JOC) , the ZDF Colonels, Mugwisi ,Nyasha and Commissioner Mvere, claim unity in joint statement.
A joint Press conference by the public relations departments of the Zimbabwe Defence Forces and the Zimbabwe Republic Police lasted less than two minutes.
Police spokesperson Senior Assistant Commissioner Charity Charamba, flanked by members of the Harare Joint Operation Command (JOC) Colonels Overson Mugwisi and David Nyasha from the Zimbabwe Defence Forces and Harare police provincial commander Senior Assistant Commissioner Elias Mvere, read out the brief statement.
Charamba indicated just before reading the statement that journalists would not be allowed to ask questions as was the norm.
“We are not going to attend to any questions. We normally give you the chance to ask, but today we are not. This is a joint Press statement by the Zimbabwe Republic Police and Defence Forces about disturbances in Harare central business district on August 1,” Charamba said.
The terse statement said the country’s security establishment regretted the incident and had set up a team to investigate.
“The security forces regret the unfortunate incident that took place on August 1, 2017 in the Harare central business district. We want to categorically condemn that incident and assure the nation that a joint team has been set up to conduct comprehensive investigations into the matter and appropriate action will be taken against the perpetrators,” Charamba said.
Cryptically, as if to confirm the growing concerns about divisions in the country’s security apparatus, the 70-word statement added: “We also want to reaffirm that, as security forces, we are fully united despite this incident.”
However, sources in the security services told NewsDay Weekender that this was a “window-dressing exercise”. newsday