NATIONAL Constitutional Assembly (NCA) president, Professor
Lovemore Madhuku has said he is not expecting to win in this year’s
presidential elections, but will use the opportunity as a stepping stone for
eventual victory in 2023.
Prof Madhuku said leaders of political parties do not
become State presidents overnight, but grow their stature through various
political processes, elections included.
“President Mnangagwa was not President on day one, so it
will be very unfair for Zimbabwe and the NCA to expect Madhuku and the NCA to
be dominating Parliament, and to have a president winning on day one,” said
Prof Madhuku.
“There is more to an election than winning, an election has
several components. The first one is promoting democratic culture in your
country. It’s about creating a situation for you to build on. We might not be
taking this election, we are praying more for life, and if we are here in 2023,
here in 2028, then you will see what we are going to get, but it starts in
2018.”
Prof Madhuku said his party should not be expected to
perform like Zanu-PF and the MDC in the coming elections as it is a new
entrant.
He, however, said his party is confident of winning in some
of the constituencies and will bring development and prosperity as promised by
other political parties.
Prof Madhuku is one of the 23 candidates contesting for the
country’s presidency in the upcoming harmonised polls. His party has only
fielded 72 candidates to run in the country’s 210 National Assembly seats.
The constitutional law expert said his party is also
contesting some council seats but did not have statistics for contesting
candidates.
Prof Madhuku said his campaign strategy will consist of
small meetings and door to door campaigns as his party does not command too
much following to be calling for rallies.
He said NCA, just like any other party, is promising
development and prosperity to the people of Zimbabwe.
“We stand for development and prosperity of the people of
Zimbabwe, which is what every party will claim to be standing for. We cannot
claim to stand for anything different from what other parties are standing
for,” he said. Sunday Mail
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