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CiZ condemns alleged civil society exclusion from the Second All
Stakeholders' Conference
Crisis
in Zimbabwe Coalition (SA Regional Office)
September 21, 2012
Crisis in Zimbabwe
Coalition is appalled and has received with aversion media reports
on the agreement reached by the three main political parties in
the GPA on delegations
to the Second All Stakeholders Conference.
Recent media
reports have insinuated that resolution was reached to the effect
that the Second Stakeholders Conference will have a total of 2000
delegates, with 600 delegates from each of the three political parties
my have agreed that civil society will only be invited as delegates
seconded by the three main political parties within the 2000 delegates.
The COPAC
process has by and large been a Political Parties affair, with
limited pockets of opportunity to participate by other members of
society not from Political Parties. If the indicators are true,
they are not only disturbing, but also a complete negation of the
limited pockets of opportunity to participate that had been there
for none-political society. This arrangement will also be a deviation
from the COPAC commitment that the 1st and 2nd All Stakeholders'
Conference shall be composed of 70% of the delegates from civil
society and 30% from political parties. The deviation from that
agreement by political parties reflects a glaring and deliberate
attempt by the three political parties in the GPA to continually
exclude Civil Society in this important process.
The reports,
if true, represents a decision which cannot be condoned and or tolerated,
and will be taken as a clear message that political parties want
to go it alone in this important nation process. The reported actions,
if true, will signify a continuing pattern by political parties,
in which they deliberately and consistently show little respect
for broad based processes and a genuine conversation which goes
beyond their structures and membership.
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