Thread by @Laque_davis

1. @nelsonchamisa:

"Many don't understand that CCC project is a people's project & that God is in it. It has a God element because we didn't just wake up with it. There's a reason why we had to be moved from the Egypt of our politics (MDC), into the Cannan of new politics,(CCC)"

2. @nelsonchamisa:

"CCC was a product of a lot of inspiration, revelation & consultation. We spent the last quarter of 2021 consulting different stakeholders, churches; traditional leaders; trade union leaders; youth & women groups; business; & various other organized groups."

3. @nelsonchamisa:

"(people said)..they needed a new vehicle, new substance, new politics, new software in politics. That's how we ended up coalescing around the convergence narrative, a new consensus of the people of 🇿🇼, to respond to years of oppression & decades of injustice"

4. @nelsonchamisa:

"CCC is a response to what's broken about our politics; an embodiment of that answer to the call for dignity, call for justice, call for diversity, call for the primary consideration of citizens as the most important element in decision making."

5. @nelsonchamisa:

"Citizens must be at the center in decision making; policy making, budgeting; in elections; in forming & constituting government; in making & unmaking leaders; in delivering services. It's a philosophy that puts the citizen & not the politician at the center."

6. @nelsonchamisa:

"In CCC, there's no cockpit of the elite. We're all driving this important machine. We're all drivers. CCC isn't a speedboat which you can turn willy-nilly. It's a big ship, & turning takes time bcoz they'll always be resistance 4rm thoz from the old politics"

7. @nelsonchamisa:

"Anything new is bound to be resisted, to be fought. Taking people out of Egypt is easier than taking Egypt out of people. Egypt still lingers in people's minds & thoughts, but we need a process of transformation of the minds & heart, to have new politics."

8. @nelsonchamisa:

"We need a transformation of the heart & mind, to have a new politics of engagement, politics of issues, politics of institutions & ideas, not politics of personalities, big names, but big ideas. That's what we are building. We are building an institution."

9. @nelsonchamisa:

"I'm so happy that the progress (building CCC institution) has been fantastic. Colleagues in ZanuPF are very jittery & scared because we are using new methods, unconventional methods. We realized we have to be inventional, disruptive, bringing news strategies"

10. @nelsonchamisa:

"They'll be talking about so called structures in the old scheme of how structures were designed. We've a new form of structure. Nothing stands without form & there can't be a form without structure & there can't be structure without participants & players."

11. @nelsonchamisa:

"We've found a new way of structuring ourselves and we are very happy. We are dealing with a guerrilla regime and it requires a guerrilla response. We don't always have to show them who we are and what we intend to do, but to always catch them by surprise."

12. @nelsonchamisa:

"(attendance at maiden rally) was a confirmation that God Is In It. We had no resources, police tried to disrupt us, transport was not there. There was nothing but we've now gotten used to this situation where we've nothing but end up with something big."

13. @nelsonchamisa:

"The huge attendance at Zimbabwe Grounds (maiden rally) was exciting, but also humbling & emboldening. We realized that the our God & the people of Zimbabwe are with us. No human force can stop an idea whose time has come and the time for change is upon us."

14. @nelsonchamisa:

"All our rallies have been fantastic, whether in rural or urban areas, yet this was just a by-election launch. We are yet to launch the citizen’s movement, we've only introduced it. The launch is yet to come. We are preparing for it and it will be very soon."

15. @nelsonchamisa:

"We are still laying the foundation, the grassroots, making sure we are grounded in the communities in an organic way. Our #mugwazo program is to make sure we give birth to a giant mass movement, a universal response to our universal challenges."

16. @nelsonchamisa:

"The determination of young people, the determination of older people, the determination of pensioners, across tribal and racial divides tells us that change is unstoppable, and nobody can stop change."

17. @nelsonchamisa

(reflection on political journey)

"It has been very humbling. We've moved a very long road, but there's no easy walk to change & transformation. We've been in different stations of service, as Gov Ministers, Parliamentarians, Communities, Youth Leadership."

18. @nelsonchamisa:

"I'm more humbled because it's not very often that you would have a single individual being able to serve in 3 branches of State. I've served as MP including being a ACPU rep in Brasills; served in gvt as ICT Minister, & as an Advocate in the Superior court."

19. @nelsonchamisa:

"We did very well in the by-elections. For a party formed in Jan to hit close to 80% was huge. Its an impressive record which had never happened. They thought they had buried us, little did they know, they had planted us. We've germinated, we're flourishing"

20. @nelsonchamisa:

"In 2023, we are looking at +65% win.We don't want to repeat past mistakes of winning by small margins because those who do meticulous verifications will verify you out of the contest.We want to win big, even if they rig.We want to win by a very wide margin"

21. @nelsonchamisa:

"We are excited about building a new Great Zimbabwe. We're excited because the citizens have embraced their project. When we say citizens first, citizens at the center, they must be driving this process. Leaders are just accessories to the citizens' efforts"

22. @nelsonchamisa:

"I look at 2023 as the year of the citizens' victory. Its possible. It has been done b4. Key thing is ensuring victory will be secured. Once between twice shy. We're putting every effort to make sure the citizens' victory is guaranteed & won't be reversed."