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MDC
MP's and Senators meet to discuss legislative issues
Movement
for Democratic Change (MDC)
May 15, 2008
The New Zimbabwe team,
comprising recently elected MDC Parliamentarians and Senators, will
on Thursday gather for a two day caucus in Harare where they are
expected to brainstorm on the legislative business they will be
conducting in order to improve the people's living conditions.
The MDC became the ruling
party in the country when it won 99 seats in the House of Assembly
and 24 senatorial seats during the March 29 elections. The combined
seats of all democratic forces are 110 House of Assembly seats and
30 senatorial seats.
These results show that
the MDC emerged as the ruling party in Zimbabwe.
The MDC parliamentarians
will also take the two-day gathering to ready themselves for the
presidential campaign of President Tsvangirai as he prepares for
the second round of the presidential campaign that will see the
demise of Zanu PF leader, Mugabe, who appears to be finding it difficult
to accept that the people overwhelmingly rejected him in the March
polls.
The MPs and Senators
have already started work in their respective constituencies.
The MDC Lower House and
Upper House candidates will have an opportunity to get expert advice
from local and African experts on their new assignments as national
leaders of the people of Zimbabwe.
The meeting comes at
a time when the party is facing serious challenges in the unprecedented
political violence that is being perpetrated by Zanu PF militia
and purported war veterans who are moving around in army regalia
causing terror in the country.
MDC records show that
33 MDC activists had been murdered by Zanu PF supporters across
the country while 2 000 homes, including business premises of MDC
members, have been destroyed and burnt.
Over 5 000 MDC members
have been displaced from their homes and are seeking refuge at the
MDC headquarters and at provincial offices or in churches across
the country.
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