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The
people are our compass
Movement
for Democratic Change (MDC)
October 14,
2009
The MDC dismisses the
malicious fabrications by The Herald that it has backtracked from
pulling out of the inclusive government.
While it has always been
the perennial mandate and agenda of The Herald to misdirect and
mislead the nation, this time it has chosen to successfully mislead
and misdirect itself.
The Herald cannot prematurely
comment on a consultative process that is still on-going. In keeping
with our tradition that the people are our compass, the MDC national
council resolved on 13 September 2009 in Bulawayo, that the party
would consult and engage its structures and the people of Zimbabwe
within a specified period to ascertain the sustainability and worthiness
of the inclusive government as a vehicle for real change and democracy
in Zimbabwe.
It is thus not a simple
matter of whether the party should pull out of the inclusive government
or not, but a broad consultative process to update the people on
the successes and challenges of the inclusive government so that
Zimbabweans remain informed of national developments.
The MDC is still seized
with this consultative process of engaging the people and has not
even gone half-way through the consultative and feed-back programmes.
It is thus mischievous and premature for The Herald to seek to prejudge
an on-going process which if completed should be tabled before the
national council for endorsement. The process is different from
the outcome. The Herald has simply mistaken the pregnancy for the
baby.
The outcome of the national
consultative process will be announced at the relevant time when
the length and breadth of the country has been exhaustively consulted
and their views tabled before the relevant party organs and institutions.
Preliminary indications cannot be used to prejudge a process that
has yet to be completed.
The MDC is a party of
excellence. The people of Zimbabwe want hope, dignity, freedom,
security and prosperity. Together to the end, marching to a new
Zimbabwe.
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