Nelson Chamisa has been nominated, uncontested, as the presidential candidate for the Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) in the upcoming elections.
This came out during a press conference held Thursday in
Harare where the Citizen’s Independent Selection Panel (CISP) gave an update on
the candidate selection process.
Speaking during the press conference, Rashid Mahiya, a
member of CISP said there was an overwhelming response from aspiring
candidates.
“The summary outcome of the candidate’s nomination after
consulting stakeholders, village and street committees is as follows: The local
authority nominations have been received from all the 36 000 villages,
thousands of streets and 1 970 wards.
“For the house of assembly nomination, we received nominations
from all 210 constituencies, an interesting phenomenon has been noted in some
hotly contested constituencies for instance a constituency where 11 nominations
were received for one seat,” said Mahiya.
He said some candidates were also nominated in the
constituencies dominated by the ruling party, Zanu-PF.
“The success factor for this process is also exhibited in
the positive candidate nomination returns in some difficult to penetrate areas
for the opposition, that includes Gokwe, Uzumba, Mwenezi amongst others.”
“Presidential nominations, Chamisa Nelson has been
nominated as the Presidential candidate by all streets and villages whose
returns are in our possession,” he said.
Mahiya said for the women and youth nominations, although
CISP is yet to finalise its tally indications are that an unprecedent number of
women have been nominated.
“A significant number of women are also emerging in both
the first post and proportional representation nomination,” he said.
He added that the youth factor is another exciting and
emerging aspect of the nomination process outcome which is positive in ensuring
intergenerational synergies within CCC.
Meanwhile, Mahiya outlined the qualities which nominated
candidates will go through.
“The credentials and track record check list for candidate
selection, the vetting and security checklist will look into the following:
firstly, qualifications that is in compliance with relevant statute of
Zimbabwe, the constitution, the electoral Act, CCC candidate selection procedures
manual , community and standing track record, performance in communities,
political history and record, capacity and capability and competence, security,
integrity, ethics, loyalty and service record,” he said.
He said a date has been set for the caucuses that will
happen all over the country after which they ill announce the names of
successful candidates.
“As we embark on the second stage of candidate selection,
it is prudent to assure citizens that all nominated candidates will receive
fair and equal opportunities during the process,” said Mahiya. CITE
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