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Zapu will not boycott elections, says Dabengwa
27 Jun 2013 at 05:07hrs | Views
ZAPU says it will not boycott the harmonised elections set for July 31 and will field candidates in at least 80 percent of the constituencies.
The party's president Dr Dumiso Dabengwa told journalists in Harare yesterday that the party would not disappoint the electorate by boycotting the elections. He was speaking on the party's preparations for the forthcoming harmonised elections.
"Zapu has been reviving its structures throughout the provinces quietly with very little resources at its disposal. Zapu is satisfied and we have covered enough ground," he said.
"We will not boycott elections and hold people of Zimbabwe at ransom. It doesn't matter how we are disadvantaged."
Dr Dabengwa said plans were at an advanced stage to form a coalition with other opposition parties.
"We do hope that the results of elections will give Zapu a victory or alternatively will give us enough seats to go into a coalition arrangement," he said.
"We are still engaging other political parties on this coalition and we will announce as soon as we finalise."
The party's president Dr Dumiso Dabengwa told journalists in Harare yesterday that the party would not disappoint the electorate by boycotting the elections. He was speaking on the party's preparations for the forthcoming harmonised elections.
"Zapu has been reviving its structures throughout the provinces quietly with very little resources at its disposal. Zapu is satisfied and we have covered enough ground," he said.
"We will not boycott elections and hold people of Zimbabwe at ransom. It doesn't matter how we are disadvantaged."
Dr Dabengwa said plans were at an advanced stage to form a coalition with other opposition parties.
"We do hope that the results of elections will give Zapu a victory or alternatively will give us enough seats to go into a coalition arrangement," he said.
"We are still engaging other political parties on this coalition and we will announce as soon as we finalise."
Source - herald
