He made the statement at last week’s 13th anniversary celebrations held in the White City Stadium.
“The workers are suffering but as long as the politics of this country are not addressed, things will remain like this. We support the MDC programmes, including its position on the current draft constitution,” said Nkiwane.
Nkiwane said his organization initially had serious reservations with the constitution making process but after consulting its members it now fully supported the Copac draft.
“The ZCTU national assembly met last month and decided to support the COPAC draft during the forthcoming referendum. We scrutinized it and discovered that it is a better document, though not perfect. During the referendum we will definitely go for a yes vote,” said Nkiwane.
Munyaradzi Gwisai, the Coordinator of the International Socialist Organisation Zimbabwe, thanked the party for supporting him and his colleagues when they were detained on treason charges.
“I would like to thank the party for rendering us support when we were arrested for watching a television. We should continue fighting against dictatorship and oppression in this country,” said Gwasai.
Gwisai urged the party not to forget the Glenview MDC activists who were languishing in remand prison on allegations of murdering a police officer.
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“We scrutinized it and discovered that it is a better document, though not perfect. During the referendum we will definitely go for a yes vote,†said Nkiwane. Better than what?
The level of incompetency in Zimbabwe is not just in politics; it is everywhere. ZCTU is an important organisation and here we are it too is being led up the garden path. You would expect ZCTU leaders to know that the nation wants a democratic constitution one that can deliver free and fair elections.
If they had “scrutinized” this COPAC draft then there is no way they could say it will deliver free and fair elections. So ZCTU is asking its members to vote yes to this COPAC rubbish because it is better than the Lancaster House constitution. After 32 years that is all the nation can aspire for, trime some of the dictator’s powers!