1] Been taking time, like most citizens, to encourage fellow citizens to #RegisterToVote2023 as well as encouraging that citizens check their registration status.
Have realised a few challenges being encountered to this regards, as well as some information gap.
Voter registration is a all year round exercise. ZEC ordinarily has some 63 District offices & 10 Provincial officers allover the country, where one can register to vote.
Baring challenges affecting ZEC, registration itself is a continous exercise.
This exercise has ZEC introducing "mobile registration" campaigns, meaning that registration centers are brought closer to our homes to compliment their Provincial & District offices.
It's important that all eligible voters take advantage of this.
A registrant has to:
•be a Zimbabwean citizen
•be 18 years & above
•posses a national ID (plastic or metal); valid passport
•have proof of residence (utility bill hospital card, credit card, affidavit, etc)
•the blitz registration needs publicity. Find verified info & share with peers/family
•mobilize first time voters & ensure they vote
•verify personal registration status & that of your peers/family
•assist with resources
to be continued....
enkosi!!
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1] I invite fellow citizens to go through this short article by my brother, @DavidHofisi
After having gone through it myself, I share some personal thoughts over the same, particularly the key issues the author raises, in light of possible "illegalities" facing CCC party...
2] @DavidHofisi, a summary of one of the issues you raised, is on the constitutional provision allowing for the desolution of MDC-A party as per their constitution.
First concern is, you make no direct reference of the actual MDC-A constitution, but rather a MDC constitution.
3] It then somewhat sounds bizarre for me, for a seasoned lawyer, to actually pretend to quote a specific provision of the MDC-A constitution, by actually quoting a MDC constitutional provision (on dissolution).
This legal entanglement actually answers the question you asked.
MDC-T fights have predictable spilled into the courts over money.
However, all indications thus far, are the regime has choosen the Dougie faction, something MaKhupe predicted on her presser
State institutions may very well pounce on her this time around
2] Embarrassingly, none between Mwonzora & Khupe are legitimate recipients of the 2018 PPFA funds.
The MaKhupe MDC-T that participated in 2018 didn't get enough votes.
Mwonzora meanwhile manufactured "2014" structures to form a party, post the infamous Supreme Court judgement.
3] On the part of the regime, the rational is arming any faction that can assist in dismembering Chamisa.
No need to beat about the busy, democracy is expensive, & a party needs funds
The motivation for ZanuPF is ensure the alternative is hamstrung while oiling Mwonzora's group
"This afternoon we approached ZEC to give them what they didn't except. They thought we were approaching as MDC-A, but we were approaching as a new organisation. They kept insisting, we know you as MDC-A. We are a new organisation."
"We are coming as a new entity, with a new leadership, new values, new structures. ZEC kept saying: 'tell us you're rebranding'. We are not rebranding. If you know MDC as a brand, please dine with those you've given the name MDC-ALLIANCE."
"We are starting a new party. Nothing to do with the past, nothing to do with the yesterday. We are starting afresh. We'll build from ground zero. We will start afresh. We will defeat them like we did in 2018. We will start afresh."
Truth is, the ructions & consequent split of the judicial construct comes as no surprise.
From the get to, faulty lines where always there for all to see.
The MDC-T never had an ideology foundation nor identifiable political constituency to build on.
MDC-T was reconstructed by the regime for the sole purpose of disrupting MDC-A political programs
ZanuPF attempted different ideas aimed at dismantling MDC-A & isolating NC.
Reconstructing MDC-T was part of those efforts to leave the MDC-A internally focused
3] On their part, those who jumped to the reconstructed MDC-T had two things in common.
Firstly, they had all lost different positions (save for Mupariwa), at the Gweru Congress.
Secondly, they all wanted the puppet party Presidency.
"..they speak of deprivation; general poverty; families going for weeks without access to a single dollar; frustrations over lack of access to seeds & fertilisers; enduring political manipulation. Its not a pleasing picture"
"We always communicate hope, that it is within our power to change the condition of our people & ourselves. That it is the essence of democracy that we don't need to take guns or fight anyone. All we need it to be committed to the democratic processes."
"No matter how difficult the processes are made out to be, we need to keep encouraging people and traditional leaders to encourage their people to register to vote & seek peaceful transition, that their vote will count one day and that we'll have change."