On Tuesday, January 9, 2018 at Harvest House, Acting
President Elias Mudzuri chaired the MDC national organising and elections
directorate meeting.
The meeting discussed various important matters including,
but not limited to, the ZEC BVR extension blitz and the party’s preparations
for the harmonised elections that will be held in the next few months.
Acting President Mudzuri advised the meeting that he had
met with President Morgan Tsvangirai at his Highlands residence earlier on in
the morning and that the two leaders had compared notes on various issues
pertaining to the forthcoming general elections and other pertinent party
matters.
We are pleased to note that President Morgan Tsvangirai
continues to recover very well whilst resting at home and that he was due to
leave the country for South Africa later on Tuesday afternoon for his routine
medical check-up.
Contrary to recent press reports that suggested that
President Tsvangirai will soon be stepping down from the leadership of the
party, the fact of the matter is that President Tsvangirai remains the leader
of the MDC and he is the MDC Presidential candidate for the 2018 elections.
The meeting also received reports from various departmental
heads and President Mudzuri expressed his satisfaction with the party’s level
of preparedness for the forthcoming elections. He emphasised the need for unity
and focus amongst all the ranks of the party as we approach the general
elections that the MDC and its Alliance partners are poised to win
resoundingly.
Going forward, the party will be rolling out a program of
action that includes rallies and other public meetings throughout the length
and breadth of the country. All members of the national standing committee and
other senior party leaders will be deployed to various provinces in order to
spearhead the party’s election campaign. The MDC will continue to lobby ZEC and
other relevant stakeholders to make sure that conditions for a free and fair
election are put in place as a matter of extreme urgency.
The MDC candidate selection process will be completed
within the next few weeks and all party cadres are being urged to remain united
as we enter the homestretch in our democratic struggle to establish a new and
progressive nation state in Zimbabwe. It is also heartening to note that party
leaders are already on the ground mobilising the structures to participate in
the last phase of the BVR exercise. At the end of the day, it is our intention
to ensure that every eligible Zimbabwean is registered to vote before the BVR
exercise is concluded.
The issue of the Diaspora vote was also thoroughly
discussed and debated and we remain confident that ZEC will be able to make the
necessary arrangements in time for the elections to be held later in the year.
We continue to pray for President Morgan Tsvangirai for his
complete recovery and healing. He is an indefatigable fighter for democratic
change in Zimbabwe and his leadership and guidance continues to make the party
stronger and stronger.
Obert Chaurura Gutu
MDC National Spokesperson
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