Addressing over 3 000 supported at Zvavahera business centre in Gutu North, Masvingo on Saturday, the partys Vice President, Thokozani Khupe, encouraged people to participate in the constitution-making process as this would guarantee that their views are included in the constitution.
We need to move away from the system where the government sets the agenda for the people to a system where the people of Zimbabwe set the agenda for the government. Development agendas should come from the people and not government because government does not know what the people want, she said.
She addressed several other gatherings in the province. Secretary General Tendai Biti was at Tsiga business centre in Mutoko North, Mashonaland East on Sunda. He told people there were only two bus stops left on the road to a new Zimbabwe. The Constitution is one of the bus stops followed by a free and fair election next year as the other bus stop towards the realization of a new democratic Zimbabwe, which is our Canaan, he said.
The Constitution should define and reflect what you need and want. You must participate in this process, he said. He also mentioned that Zanu (PF) was against the writing of a new people-driven Constitution and did not want justice and democracy in the country.
The rally was also attended by Mbare MP Piniel Denga, Iain Kay of Marondera East and members of the Mashonaland East province executive.
In Midlands North national chairman Hon Lovemore Moyo addressed two rallies and assured party members that there were no divisions in the party as reported in the state media. These perceived divisions are the works of Zanu (PF) which is trying to divide us. As a party we should remain united and focused on delivering real change to the people of Zimbabwe, he said.
Meanwhile in Harare, addressing a rally held at OK Mufakose, Womens assembly Chairperson and Harare North MP, Theresa Makone, said the indigenization policy being spearheaded by Zanu (PF) was a tool that would see only a few people in that party benefiting. As MDC we want indigenization that is broad-based economic empowerment, she said. In Bulawayo, Bulawayo South MP Eddie Cross said the people should start concentrating on the Constitution-making process as a key process towards a free and fair election. In Nkulumane, youth chair and MP, Thamsanqa Mahlangu, encouraged supporters to start preparing for elections.
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