This communiqué is an invitation to all Zimbabweans and all friends of Zimbabwe to dialogue with us, so that we can reconvene around the Zimbabwe We Want and agree on strategies on how to get there. The document holds no brief for any political party or preconceived political agenda. It reflects an ecumenical vision of the four mother bodies (EFZ, ZCC, ZCBC and UDACIZA)1 regarding the Zimbabwe We Want. This communiqué is not an exhaustive prescription for all our troubles as a nation, but merely our humble contribution to the search for a solution to the challenges, in order to achieve the vision we originally ascribed in 2006.
13.12.2015
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The Zimbabwe We Want – Taking the process forward
This communiqué is a discussion on the way forward on the Zimbabwe We Want document (ZWW) which was originally agreed in 2006. Over the past nine years, the situation in our country has changed and this communiqué offers a reflection on the current situation, the challenges and ways forward to address some of the pertinent issues.
Comments
It is disappointing to not that most of our Church leaders supported Tsvangirai and MDC during the GNU cheering and applauding when they should have taken the lead is getting MDC to implement the GPA reforms. Not even one reform was implemented in five years of the GNU; not one!
The Church leaders had the time and opportunity to understand what the reforms were about and take the lead in getting them implemented. One had hope that since the rigged elections these same leaders have had the time to reflect on their mistake and would do something to ensure this would never happen again. Sadly they learnt nothing!
The Church is once again cheering and applauding Tsvangirai’s call to “realign the electoral laws”! These reforms will not deliver free, fair and credible elections so why bother?
The road to hell is paved with good intentions but one would expect unsavoury characters like Tsvangirai to be doing the paving but not Bishops and other high ranking church leaders too! If these leaders are not going to take the search for a way out of this mess with the seriousness the matter demands it would be better for them to stay out of the debate!