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Zanu-PF positions to be allocated according to 'performance'
20 Nov 2014 at 06:41hrs | Views
Zanu-PF Central Committee members will be elected according to their performances during last year's harmonized elections, according to the party's latest elections guidelines released recently.
Zanu-PF political commissar, Webster Shamu wrote to provincial chairpersons last Friday advising them that they only had 14 working days to conclude the process to beat the December 2 deadline when the party's 6th National People's Congress is set to start in Harare.
"You are reminded to set the dates for nomination of candidates and holding of elections as a matter of urgency and inform the commissariat department in Harare for deployment of politburo and central committee members to conduct the elections," read Shamu's memo.
He said the politburo sitting at its 280th ordinary session resolved that the allocation of central committee members for each province be based on the performance of the province during last year's harmonized elections.
According to the State Press posts in the provinces would also be equitably distributed per administrative district, with remainders being allocated based on performance during last year's elections.
"The Electoral College will be composed of all district chairpersons from the main, women and youth leagues, provincial executive committee members, national assembly of the youth and women's league, members of the national consultative assembly and outgoing members of the central committee from that province.
"The election process will begin with the selection of five central committee members to meet the women's quota. This will enable the provincial congress coordination committee to identify administrative districts not represented, if any, so as to ensure equitable distribution of the remaining central committee positions," said Shamu.
He said election of central committee members under the women's quota will be carried out and supervised by the women's league, while delegates to constitute the Electoral College for the women's quota would meet at a women's provincial inter district conference convened for that purpose.
Shamu said the inter district conference for the women's league will also consider resolutions to be submitted to the main provincial inter district conference over and above the resolutions adopted at the Zanu-PF 6th National Women's League Conference.
He said the second phase would involve the convening of the inter district conference in each and every administrative district to elect the candidates for central committee positions as allocated by the provincial congress coordination committee.
Shamu said the elections would be conducted by members of the central committee or politburo from other provinces through a secret ballot.
Zanu-PF political commissar, Webster Shamu wrote to provincial chairpersons last Friday advising them that they only had 14 working days to conclude the process to beat the December 2 deadline when the party's 6th National People's Congress is set to start in Harare.
"You are reminded to set the dates for nomination of candidates and holding of elections as a matter of urgency and inform the commissariat department in Harare for deployment of politburo and central committee members to conduct the elections," read Shamu's memo.
He said the politburo sitting at its 280th ordinary session resolved that the allocation of central committee members for each province be based on the performance of the province during last year's harmonized elections.
According to the State Press posts in the provinces would also be equitably distributed per administrative district, with remainders being allocated based on performance during last year's elections.
"The Electoral College will be composed of all district chairpersons from the main, women and youth leagues, provincial executive committee members, national assembly of the youth and women's league, members of the national consultative assembly and outgoing members of the central committee from that province.
"The election process will begin with the selection of five central committee members to meet the women's quota. This will enable the provincial congress coordination committee to identify administrative districts not represented, if any, so as to ensure equitable distribution of the remaining central committee positions," said Shamu.
He said election of central committee members under the women's quota will be carried out and supervised by the women's league, while delegates to constitute the Electoral College for the women's quota would meet at a women's provincial inter district conference convened for that purpose.
Shamu said the inter district conference for the women's league will also consider resolutions to be submitted to the main provincial inter district conference over and above the resolutions adopted at the Zanu-PF 6th National Women's League Conference.
He said the second phase would involve the convening of the inter district conference in each and every administrative district to elect the candidates for central committee positions as allocated by the provincial congress coordination committee.
Shamu said the elections would be conducted by members of the central committee or politburo from other provinces through a secret ballot.
Source - Chronicle
