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More than ready for elections - MDC Youth Assembly
MDC
Youth Assembly
July 26, 2011
It is naïve for any level headed persona to participate in
an election which does not guarantee state power transfer in the
event of President Morgan Richard Tsvangirai winning the election
again which is a foregone conclusion. The MDC Youth Assembly is
not prepared to legitimise such a ZANU PF chicanery that is why
we call for a comprehensive election roadmap that guarantees among
other things, transfer of state power. Let us restate that we are
not scared of elections and the issues of dates is peripheral to
the debate for if mechanisms to transfer state power are put in
place we are ready to hit the ground as of yesterday and complete
the 29th of March, 2008 historic step to change. Neither are we
scared of the Generals in the event of protecting a loser for we
know change will not come from the barracks but to the barracks,
but as youths of moral conscience we strive to avoid shedding blood.
After all, the
MDC has been winning unfree and unfair elections against ZANU PF
since 2000, but we cannot let rowdy, rogue and treacherous elements
in Zanu PF and those in the notorious security sector to willingly
violet our land's supreme law. These people need to be reminded
that the Global
Political Agreement is part of the Constitution
enshrined as Amendment
19. No one is above the law, neither the generals nor Zanu PF
politburo. The conditions and even the date have to be agreed by
all political parties in the government. Gone are the days where
Zanu PF was taking the people of Zimbabwe for granted and alienating
their critical input in issues that affect them.
The ZANU PF
governing elite is pushing for hurried elections because of their
intention to throw Zimbabwe back into the dark days where they torture
and kill people reminiscent of June 27, 2008 and Gukurahundi. The
MDC is and will always be ready for elections but it is this build
up to a 'blood election' that pushes us to embrace the
SADC roadmap. The GNU
must ensure that as we go for the coming elections the conditions
should be favourable for a peaceful and nonviolent election process.
We do not want an election process that will result in bloodshed,
loss of beloved ones, breadwinners, friends and our sources of livelihoods.
We exist because the people of Zimbabwe want us as MDC to lead them,
so their blood must not be shed at will by people who do not fear
God and does not even respect one of the most important of the 10
commandments that says, Do not kill and one says love your neighbour.
Zimbabwe has been bedevilled by state sponsored violence, where
the uniformed forces, CIOs, War veterans and the controversial lethal
Boarder Gezi youth militias are at the forefront committing gruesome
acts of violence on innocent civilians.
To you, the
progressive peace loving people of our dear nation, let's
unite against bloodshed, anarchy and selfish political wishes of
people who want to sacrifice the whole nation to remain in power.
Zimbabweans must proceed with their normal farming plans for next
season. Elections will certainly be held after a clear and comprehensive
roadmap and on this, as MDC Youth Assembly, we are prepared to take
detractors to the wire (kwamvurayacheka makumbo).
Let us all
read 1 Corinthians 13 vs. 1...
Say No to violence,
corruption... Yes to Peace, Jobs, Food and Education
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