Zimbabwe MP arrested over speaker vote

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HARARE (AFP) — Zimbabwe's main opposition accused the authorities on Monday of seeking to arrest up to 15 of their lawmakers to try and influence the outcome of a key vote to elect a new speaker.

"The police have arrested our MP for Mutare west Shuah Mudiwa. They went into parliament and literally pulled him out and went away with him," Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) spokesman Nelson Chamisa told AFP.

"We have been informed they want to arrest 15 MPs. It's all about the vote for the speaker. Nothing to do with the law," said the spokesman for Morgan Tsvangirai's opposition party.

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