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NCA position on two MDC congresses
National Constitutional Assembly (NCA)
February 21, 2006

The NCA notes that there will be two congresses under the name of "Movement for Democratic Change". The first will be held in Bulawayo on 25-26 February 2006. The second is scheduled for 17-19 March 2006 in Harare. The NCA has been invited to both congresses to give " solidarity messages".

The NCA Chairperson has had separate meetings with the leaders of both groups at which the NCA’s position of principle was emphasized. That position of principle is that the NCA is a home to every Zimbabwean who believes in the need for a new democratic and people-driven constitution

It is clear to the NCA that the holding of two separate congresses means that two political parties have emerged from the MDC of September 1999. In this respect, the NCA will treat each of the two political parties in the same way it treats other political parties: any Zimbabwean political party, whatever its history, is free to join and participate in the activities of the NCA as long as it shares the NCA’s beliefs. However, it is the NCA’s experience that not every political party which joins the NCA puts the same effort in the struggle for a new constitution. The NCA will therefore work more closely with those political parties who, by action on the ground, show a genuine commitment to the struggle for a new, democratic and people-driven constitution.

The NCA will attend BOTH congresses and deliver, as a "solidarity message", this position of principle. In the meantime, the NCA calls upon all Zimbabweans to support the crusade for a new constitution. This week, the NCA will go back to the streets to start its 2006 programme of putting pressure on the ruling regime to embrace constitutional reform

Lovemore Madhuku
NCA Chairperson

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