Thread by @ProfJNMoyo

1/6 After the @Twitter exchange I had with @ShingiMunyeza over Easter, two pages of a six-page Grand National Union concept paper I had shared with him in June 2018 and whose existence was revealed in the exchange, started circulating; sadly to disinform & mislead the public!

2/6 After @DailyNewsZim ran a story on 25 April based on the two leaked pages, I engaged colleagues with whom we drafted the Grand National Union concept. We resolved that we make public the May 2018 concept document & its June 2018 successor to promote truth in public discourse!

3/6 To shame the merchants of disinformation who have maliciously been circulating two pages of the May 2018 Grand National concept paper I shared with @ShingiMunyeza, which is among the DMs he had threatened to make public, here's the FULL DOCUMENT👇🏿!

drive.google.com/file/d/1caRT2Q…

4/6 The May 2018 concept was refined in June 2018 to reflect progress made. Concerted efforts to get Dr Joice Mujuru to deputise NC; as a key transitional leader with government & gatekeeping experience & heroic service in the liberation struggle failed!
drive.google.com/file/d/1g1i1vG…

5/6 After efforts to get Dr Joice Mujuru on board failed, the GRAND National Union concept was ABANDONED. Some parties that had participated in the discussions, took some aspects of the GNU concept & used them to pursue bilateral talks. I'm not privy to how those bilaterals went!

6/6 Failed efforts to forge a GRAND NATIONAL UNION in 2018 show that real politics in Zimbabwe remain arrested. Real politics require strategic coalitions to expand democratic spaces. Defending NARROW TURFS, as happened after the 2017 coup and before the 2018 poll, is a dead end!