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Resolutions of the MDC National Council - 28 September 2012 (Bulawayo)
Movement for Democratic Change
October 01, 2012

The MDC National Council met in Bulawayo on Friday and came up with the following resolutions.

CELEBRATES and hails the party for surviving thirteen years of brutal dictatorship, violence, repression and emasculation by an autocratic predatory state,

ACKNOWLEDGES and is indebted to the people of Zimbabwe for supporting and standing by the Party and its leadership and for remaining firm and resolute in the struggle for socio-economic development and democratic change in Zimbabwe,

MOURNS, remembers and celebrates the lives of our departed heroes and heroines including Tichaona Chiminya, Talent Mabika, Trynos Midzi, Learnmore Jongwe, Gift Tandare, Isaac Matongo, Susan Tsvangirai, Simangaliso Chikadaya, Dr. Tichaona Mudzingwa, Enna Chitsa, Tonderai Ndira, Better Chokururama, Machiridza, Remius Makuwaza, Cephas Magura, Nicholas Mudzengerere, Senator Josiah Rimbi and many others,

RECOGNIZES and acknowledges the roots of our movement, our umbilical cord to the struggle for national liberation in Zimbabwe, our mandate being fulfilling the unfinished business of the national liberation struggle,

ACKNOWLEDGES the maturity of our movement and struggle from the National Working People's Convention of February 1999, and indeed the preceding struggles led by the workers through the ZCTU, the Student, Women and Constitutional movements,

CELEBRATES the achievements of our peaceful democratic struggle including our mass resistance campaigns such as Final Push and the March 29 2008 election victory,

Now therefore this Council resolves,

1. Attainment of 13 years

The Party congratulates itself for attaining 13 years under a hostile environment characterized by murder, terror, and dictatorship.

Further, the Party congratulates itself for attaining 13 years without resorting to violence or any illegitimate process.

2. The Constitution making process

Restates and reaffirms its resolution of the 3rd of August 2012 to endorse the Copac Draft constitution as a panacea to the socio-economic and political crisis confronting Zimbabwe.

Calls for a peaceful 2nd all-stakeholders conference that will respect the progress and efforts made by all Zimbabweans to date.

Reiterates that elections should be held in Zimbabwe after the implementation of the agreed Road Map, when all requisite reforms have been attended necessary to create a legitimate credible and sustainable election.

That no party or individual has the right to call for an election unilaterally and the next election can only be called with by the parties in consultation with each other.

3. Continued incarceration of the Glen View 29

The Party notes with uttermost disgust the continued incarceration of our Youth Assembly National Chairperson, Solomon Madzore and twenty-eight others who include Edwin Muingiri, Simon Mudimu, Gabriel Banda, Zwelibanzi Dube, Stefani Takaedzwa, Francis Vambai, Sydney Chirombe, Abina Rutsito, Stanford Mangwiro, Cynthia Manjoro, Last Maengahama, Lazarus Maengahama, Stanford Maengahama, Rebecca Mafukeni, Kerina Gweshe, Solomon Madzore, Memory Ncube, Paul Rukanda, Linda Musiyamhanje, Yvonne Musarurwa, Simon Mapanzure, Tafadzwa Billiart, Jephias Moyo, Lovemore Taruvinga, Tendai Chinyama, Phineas Nhatarikwa, Gapare Nyamadzawo, Augustine Tengenyika and Tungamirai Madzokere.

The Party demands the immediate release of arrested cadres and in any event demands the expeditious due process with regards to those that have been arrested.

The Party notes with irony that while no stone has been left unturned with regards to the arrests and harassment of MDC activists many perpetrators of violence against MDC members continue to walk scot-free.

The Party directs its appointees in Government to raise this matter as matter of urgency in Government structures including Cabinet, Council of Ministers, Parliament and the National Security Council.

4. Upholding the decision by executive to fire councilors

1. In terms of Article 5.11 A the Party, expels the following Councillors pursuant to the decision and recommendation of the National Executive of the 15 August 2012;

5. Hatred and malicious attacks

The Party notes with regret the continued vitriolic attacks particularly by the State media on the party and its leadership. The party condemns all forms of hate speech, slander and malice.

In this regard, the Party congratulates its president Morgan Tsvangirai and wishes him and his new wife a happy and successful marriage.

6. Hunger and starvation

The Party notes the desperate food situation prevailing in the country and the parlous state of livestock particularly in the Matabeleland region.

The party calls in Government to ensure the expeditious and impartial distribution of food in the country and calls on the Ministry of Agriculture to openly and effectively address the livestock from the resources that Treasury has allocated.

7. Violence and invasions

The party notes the continued existence of violence and lawlessness in the country characterized by the deployment of the army, Zanu PF militia such as the Tendai Savanhu sponsored Chipangano in Mbare, Harare and Emerson Mnangwagwa owned Al Shabab in Kwekwe.

The party too notes the continued invasions and assaults on property rights including the ongoing invasion of Save Conservancies

The party condemns these acts of predatory banditry and instructs its deployees in Government to immediately address the issue in appropriate government fora.

Committing our party and our country to God!

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