Police Arrest Zimbabwe Energy Minister Again, Restrict Polit

ZANU-PF aligned¹ Zimbabwe police officers have arrested the country's energy minister, and all but banned political activities such as rallies by the Movement for Democratic Change (MDC), while allowing those organized by President Robert Mugabe's ZANU-PF party. The energy minister, who is a prominent member of the MDC, has been arrested twice this month on corruption² charges that his lawyers reject.
Police in Zimbabwe have again arrested the country's energy minister Elton Mangoma, this time as he traveled to work in Harare. He was released on bail³ last week on charges relating to a fuel deal he concluded when Zimbabwe's supplies ran short. He said after his release he had informed Mugabe about the deal. He was eventually released on bail.
Now he has been arrested again, allegedly in connection with a deal to buy electrical equipment for the country.
His lawyer Selby Hwacha confirmed the arrest Friday and said Mangoma was in police cells in central Harare and he denys the charges against his client.
Several human rights organizations say that the Zimbabwe Republic Police selectively arrest suspects, mainly supporters of Tsvangirai's MDC, and do insufficient⁴ investigations⁵ before arresting suspects.
Eric Matinenga, a lawyer and MDC minister for parliamentary and constitutional affairs said there is a record of what he called "malicious⁶" arrests in Zimbabwe.
"This archaic⁷ business of you smell a rat, you arrest. You throw [that idea] away. You don't arrest and investigate. Where it is possible to bring that person to court at a convenient date that should be done. We know how people are so fond of wanting to parade these so called important people in town in police jeeps and trucks," said Matinenga.
The home affairs ministry⁸ is controlled jointly⁹ by the MDC and ZANU-PF. MDC co-home affairs minister Theresa Makone says the police do not obey her orders.
Zimbabwe's present constitution says that the police commissioner¹⁰, Augustine Chihuri is appointed by Mugabe.
There was no one available for comment at Zimbabwe police headquarters in Harare Friday.
Zimbabwe's police have also effectively ended all public activity for the Movement for Democratic Change party.
President Mugabe's ZANU-PF supporters are regularly holding rallies and political events in a campaign to collect signatures for a petition protesting continued European Union and United States financial and travel sanctions against 163 mainly ZANU-PF leaders and a number of businesses including a few state companies.
A week ago, the MDC was told first by police and then by the Harare High Court it could not hold a rally on an open field near the center of Harare because ZANU-PF was holding a rally nearby.
MDC lawyers went to the High Court asking for a ruling to allow the rally but Judge George Chiweshe refused permission.
Judge Chiweshe was former chairman of the Zimbabwe Election Commission which many analysts¹¹ criticized as being partisan¹² towards ZANU-PF during the last elections in 2008.
Harare mayor Muchadeyi Masunda told VOA that ZANU-PF had not applied¹³ to the City of Harare to hold the rally which police claimed would clash with the MDC event.
By the end of the day there had been no ZANU-PF rally, but scores of policemen and militant¹⁴ ZANU-PF members gathered where the MDC hoped to hold its peace rally.
There were several scuffles and a few people, mostly members of the public walking through the field to catch buses claimed they had been attacked by ZANU-PF supporters.
Zimbabwe's laws demand that political parties inform police when they wish to hold a rally, but they do not need police permission to hold rallies.

1 aligned   

adj.对齐的，均衡的

参考例句：

• Make sure the shelf is aligned with the top of the cupboard.务必使搁架与橱柜顶端对齐。

2 corruption   

n.腐败，堕落，贪污

参考例句：

• The people asked the government to hit out against corruption and theft.人民要求政府严惩贪污盗窃。
• The old man reviled against corruption.那老人痛斥了贪污舞弊。

3 bail   

v.舀（水），保释；n.保证金，保释，保释人

参考例句：

• One of the prisoner's friends offered to bail him out.犯人的一个朋友答应保释他出来。
• She has been granted conditional bail.她被准予有条件保释。

4 insufficient   

adj.(for，of)不足的，不够的

参考例句：

• There was insufficient evidence to convict him.没有足够证据给他定罪。
• In their day scientific knowledge was insufficient to settle the matter.在他们的时代，科学知识还不能足以解决这些问题。

5 investigations   

（正式的）调查( investigation的名词复数 )； 侦查； 科学研究； 学术研究

参考例句：

• His investigations were intensive and thorough but revealed nothing. 他进行了深入彻底的调查，但没有发现什么。
• He often sent them out to make investigations. 他常常派他们出去作调查。

6 malicious   

adj.有恶意的，心怀恶意的

参考例句：

• You ought to kick back at such malicious slander. 你应当反击这种恶毒的污蔑。
• Their talk was slightly malicious.他们的谈话有点儿心怀不轨。

7 archaic   

adj.(语言、词汇等)古代的，已不通用的

参考例句：

• The company does some things in archaic ways,such as not using computers for bookkeeping.这个公司有些做法陈旧，如记账不使用电脑。
• Shaanxi is one of the Chinese archaic civilized origins which has a long history.陕西省是中国古代文明发祥之一，有悠久的历史。

8 ministry   

n.(政府的)部；牧师

参考例句：

• They sent a deputation to the ministry to complain.他们派了一个代表团到部里投诉。
• We probed the Air Ministry statements.我们调查了空军部的记录。

9 jointly   

ad.联合地，共同地

参考例句：

• Tenants are jointly and severally liable for payment of the rent. 租金由承租人共同且分别承担。
• She owns the house jointly with her husband. 她和丈夫共同拥有这所房子。

10 commissioner   

n.（政府厅、局、处等部门）专员，长官，委员

参考例句：

• The commissioner has issued a warrant for her arrest.专员发出了对她的逮捕令。
• He was tapped for police commissioner.他被任命为警务处长。

11 analysts   

分析家，化验员( analyst的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• City analysts forecast huge profits this year. 伦敦金融分析家预测今年的利润非常丰厚。
• I was impressed by the high calibre of the researchers and analysts. 研究人员和分析人员的高素质给我留下了深刻印象。

12 partisan   

adj.党派性的；游击队的；n.游击队员；党徒

参考例句：

• In their anger they forget all the partisan quarrels.愤怒之中，他们忘掉一切党派之争。
• The numerous newly created partisan detachments began working slowly towards that region.许多新建的游击队都开始慢慢地向那里移动。

13 applied   

adj.应用的；v.应用，适用

参考例句：

• She plans to take a course in applied linguistics.她打算学习应用语言学课程。
• This cream is best applied to the face at night.这种乳霜最好晚上擦脸用。

14 militant   

adj.激进的，好斗的；n.激进分子，斗士

参考例句：

• Some militant leaders want to merge with white radicals.一些好斗的领导人要和白人中的激进派联合。
• He is a militant in the movement.他在那次运动中是个激进人物。