Our Last Mile….
The MDC family celebrated its thirteen years of a focused
peoples struggle for real emancipation in Bulawayo at the weekend.
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| We have come a long..The peoples President. |
13 years ago, Zimbabweans, tired of a corrupt system of
governance, rose up to demand democratic space and seek emancipation. The
Movement of the people, the MDC was instituted to spearhead the struggle for
change and transformation.
The road behind has been bumpy, crooked yet the sons and
daughters of Zimbabwe have endured. The Youth Assembly would like to applaud
the broader membership for remaining focused and vigilant.
The movement has over these thirteen years brought together
the working people, the students, the peasants, women, residents, academics and
beyond – to further the pro-poor agenda through disciplined pursuit of social
democracy. This has seen the party strongly pursuing a people driven
constitution agenda since 2000, with a historic mobilization for the rejection
of an imposter document. The party has genuinely pursued this agenda to the
level of producing a people’s document that is set to be tabled to the
stakeholders soon.
The pursuit of the real change and the people’s emancipation
agenda has seen the party peacefully participate in elections against the
non-tolerant culture from thick skinned Zanu Pf, ultimately winning
parliamentary majority and the presidential election in the 2008 plebiscite.
The Youth Assembly greatly acknowledges and salutes the role that the young cadreship
of the party has played and would like to wish even stronger hearts as the
struggle enters the last mile. The assembly salutes and draws inspiration from
the real change heroes- Learnmore Judah Jongwe, Tonderai Ndira, Youth Commander
Chikadaya, Better Chokururama among others who have sacrificed life and limp in
pursuit of the vision of the movement and the people of Zimbabwe.
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| Let there be PEACE.... |
The people’s movement has encountered several challenges
along the way-internal and external, which the movement perseveringly turned
into stepping stones. The movement proudly stands today as the largest party in
the country.
The mile ahead is indeed a mile crammed with crucial events
that are going to craft the trajectory to the nation’s destiny. The people of
Zimbabwe have laid their voice regarding how they want their country to be
governed in the historic people driven constitution making process, which the
assembly will mobilize for cementing in the coming referendum. The youth
assembly will scale up the “My Voice is in. My Vote is yes” campaign against
all odds.
It is the young
people’s obligation in this last mile to stand up, act and take charge of their
own destiny. An opportunity to transform the nation to a new democratic
Zimbabwe we have been fighting for the past 13 years is here. The Assembly
would like to challenge young people to register to vote, to go out in their
numbers to vote and to be prepared to go out en-mass to defend their vote.
A New Zimbabwe is within reach.
Our Era is now. Let’s do it now to shape our own destiny.
Together to end,building a youth with a difference.
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