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My Voice
is in, My Vote is Yes!!!
The final draft of the
Constitution is a commendable step towards the achievement of the free and
democratic Zimbabwe that we have been fighting for in the last decade. A
Supreme Constitution promoting fundamental human rights which include social,
cultural and economic rights is responsive to our call for a culture of
constitutionalism and a free society.
We cannot resist applauding our
COPAC leaders for articulating the people’s views in coming up with a reform-oriented
draft that has captured most of all the outstanding key areas of reform
including media freedom, security sector reform, gender equity, judicial
independence, an independent prosecuting authority and other independent
commissions and institutions that support our democracy.
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| MDC Vote Yes Campaign Launch |
We are content that this draft
will go a long way in creating a constitution that fulfils the wishes and
aspirations of our people’s quest for a free Zimbabwe for all that live in it.
The MDC Youth Assembly strongly
believes that the draft represents the voice of the people who participated in
the outreach programme that was held throughout the country.
ZANU PF on the other hand is
unrepentantly trying to smuggle their party agendas to protect what’s left of
their grip on power. Lest they forget, they were causing chaos and pandemonium
during the outreach forgetting that a Constitution is a document made up of the
people’s views on how they want to be governed rather than a tool for
consolidating power.
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| Hon D Mwonzora- COPAC Chairperson |
They have gone on, behind closed
doors, to make a total of 266 changes to the official draft. That is
unacceptable and it has to stop now. We cannot continue to entertain Zanu PF’s
petty partisan politics, the people must speak.
Faced with this predicament as a
nation, also noting the endorsement of the Draft by the three parties in the
GPA, the Assembly has resolved:
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To endorse the draft in its entirety and rally
behind the party`s position on the same
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To reject in totality attempts to re-open and/or
re-negotiate the draft by any of three political parties in the GPA
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To embrace SADC recommendations for the parties
in the GPA to adhere to the election road map encapsulated in the GPA
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To go out in full force to mobilize our
supporters and allies to support the YES vote in the referendum
This is the constitution of the
people, by the people and no political party is bigger than the people it
represents. If ZANU PF wants to write a constitution, they are free to write one
for their party and not for the country. No negotiations on the draft, the people’s
views must be respected at all costs!!!
“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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