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Chamisa reserves VP seat for a woman
28 Apr 2019 at 06:28hrs | Views
The Advocate Nelson Chamisa led Movement for Democratic change has reserved one of the Vice Presidents seat for a woman after the Women Assembly pushed for a quota system reserved for them in the Presidium.
The National Council passed the resolution on Saturday after a meeting at the Morgan Tsvangirai Headquarters in Harare.
"The National Council also resolved to reserve a seat for a female Vice President and modalities for the same shall be finalized by the Electoral Commission." Party Spokesperson Jacob Mafume said in a statement.
Three men, Professor Welshman Ncube, Tendai Biti and Morgan Komichi, were leading in the nominations for the Vice Presidency.
Commenting on the resolution MDC National Executive member Maureen Kademaunga said, "I would like to congratulate the MDC leadership for the progressive decision to reserve a seat for a woman V.P. This is a way of ensuring that women are guaranteed of at least one slot in the Presidium.
" It is also encouraging that at the close of nomination yesterday, 4 women and 4 men stand nominated for the position of Vice President and a woman was also nominated for the position of National Chairperson.
The nexus between women's participation in public life and a nation's economic and political development is well documented.
"Ensuring 50/50 in the echelons of political parties is the foremost avenue to achieving 50/50 in government."
The MDC Congress which is scheduled for May is running under the theme, Defining A New Course for Zimbabwe.
The National Council passed the resolution on Saturday after a meeting at the Morgan Tsvangirai Headquarters in Harare.
"The National Council also resolved to reserve a seat for a female Vice President and modalities for the same shall be finalized by the Electoral Commission." Party Spokesperson Jacob Mafume said in a statement.
Three men, Professor Welshman Ncube, Tendai Biti and Morgan Komichi, were leading in the nominations for the Vice Presidency.
Commenting on the resolution MDC National Executive member Maureen Kademaunga said, "I would like to congratulate the MDC leadership for the progressive decision to reserve a seat for a woman V.P. This is a way of ensuring that women are guaranteed of at least one slot in the Presidium.
" It is also encouraging that at the close of nomination yesterday, 4 women and 4 men stand nominated for the position of Vice President and a woman was also nominated for the position of National Chairperson.
The nexus between women's participation in public life and a nation's economic and political development is well documented.
"Ensuring 50/50 in the echelons of political parties is the foremost avenue to achieving 50/50 in government."
The MDC Congress which is scheduled for May is running under the theme, Defining A New Course for Zimbabwe.
Source - Byo24News
