HARARE –The trial of a Zimbabwean lawmaker facing charges of allegedly singing a song that insulted President Robert Mugabe resumes today as Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai’s party warns of a plot to decimate its structures ahead of polls expected next year.
Morgen Komichi, a senator from Tsvangirai’s MDC-T, is due to appear before a magistrate in Bindura on allegations of insulting Mugabe at a rally held in January.
Allegations against Komichi are that he denigrated Mugabe after he sang a song that likened the long-serving Zimbabwean leader to a dead old donkey.
Komichi appeared before the Bindura magistrate two weeks ago and was given free bail.
The MDC-T condemned what it said was “an expansion in the persecution and prosecution” of its leadership in a bid to decimate the party in Mashonaland Central.
