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MDC president Nelson Chamisa<\/a> has postponed his \u201cHope of The Nation\u201d, address which was scheduled for January 15, the event which was blocked by the police.<\/p>\n

Chamisa took to twitter to vent his frustrations following the ban.<\/p>\n

\u201cEnough is enough, we have exhausted all channels. We can\u2019t continue to be victims of unjust application of the law. Rights are for all. On Tuesday 21 January we will deliver the people\u2019s Agenda 2020 to the nation come what may\u201d, he tweeted.<\/p>\n

In a statement, Chamisa\u2019s spokeperson Nkululeko Sibanda said:<\/p>\n

\u201cPresident Chamisa and the Party feel that it is improper and it sets a bad precedent and threatens democracy to allow the few to stop us from exercising our constitutional rights\u201d. He said.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe MDC will continue with the national address planned and banned by the police for today, and now postponed to the 21st of January 2020\u201d. He added.<\/p>\n

RIOT police in November 2019 fired teargas and assaulted several MDC supporters who had gathered at the party\u2019s headquarters in central Harare where youthful leader Nelson Chamisa was expected to give his Hope of the Nation Address.<\/p>\n

Chamisa could not address his supporters after police had banned them from proceeding with their event.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

MDC president Nelson Chamisa has postponed his \u201cHope of The Nation\u201d, address which was scheduled for January 15, the event which was blocked by the police. Chamisa took to twitter to vent his frustrations following the ban. \u201cEnough is enough, we have exhausted all channels. We can\u2019t continue to be victims of unjust application of […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":1331,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,8,12],"tags":[113,996],"class_list":["post-18132","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all-news","category-head-lines","category-policy","tag-chamisa","tag-mdc-activists"],"yoast_head":"\nChamisa Postpones Hope of the Nation Address - zimbabwe<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"MDC president Nelson Chamisa has postponed his \u201cHope of The Nation\u201d, address which was scheduled for January 15, the event which was blocked by the police.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/all-news\/chamisa-postpones-hope-of-the-nation-address\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Chamisa Postpones Hope of the Nation Address\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"MDC president Nelson Chamisa has postponed his \u201cHope of The Nation\u201d, address which was scheduled for January 15, the event which was blocked by the police.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/all-news\/chamisa-postpones-hope-of-the-nation-address\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"zimbabwe\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2020-01-15T19:42:52+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/upload\/sites\/14\/2019\/01\/s3.reutersmedia.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1280\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"890\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/all-news\/chamisa-postpones-hope-of-the-nation-address#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/all-news\/chamisa-postpones-hope-of-the-nation-address\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"cfeditoren\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\"},\"headline\":\"Chamisa Postpones Hope of the Nation Address\",\"datePublished\":\"2020-01-15T19:42:52+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/all-news\/chamisa-postpones-hope-of-the-nation-address\"},\"wordCount\":207,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/all-news\/chamisa-postpones-hope-of-the-nation-address#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/upload\/sites\/14\/2019\/01\/s3.reutersmedia.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"Chamisa\",\"MDC activists\"],\"articleSection\":[\"all news\",\"head lines\",\"policy\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/all-news\/chamisa-postpones-hope-of-the-nation-address#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/all-news\/chamisa-postpones-hope-of-the-nation-address\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/all-news\/chamisa-postpones-hope-of-the-nation-address\",\"name\":\"Chamisa Postpones Hope of the Nation Address - 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