“If past experience is anything to go by, the potential for politically-related violence is very high,” said the party’s provincial spokesman, Kumbirai Muchemwa, in an interview this week. “We have therefore launched a programme that will see Zimbabweans here pray for a free and fair election, alongside their South African and other regional counterparts.”
The first prayer meeting was held in the Northwest Province two weeks ago and a series of others are planned.
“We invite churches as well as leaders from all parties to pray for a lasting solution to the crisis, through the hosting of free and fair elections whose results are not subject to contestation. Above all, we pray that there will be no difficulties in the transfer of power to whichever party wins the poll,” said Muchemwa.
“The period of the referendum this March was largely peaceful and showed that Zimbabwe can indeed have an election in a peaceful environment, where people can freely express their will and fully expect that will to be respected, but it is in realisation of the potential for the country to move backwards again during the forthcoming national elections that we have decided to hold the prayer services,” he added.
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