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Zanu PF UK chair challenge Zimbabweans to be aware of how embassies work
03 Mar 2016 at 05:47hrs | Views
ZANU PF UK Chairman Nick Mangwana has urged Zimbabweans to remember how Embassies located in various countries serve Zimbabweans and that their main purpose is to provide them with consular services.
Mangwana made the statement in response in an article published in News Of The South On March 1, titled: Zimbabweans To March To Embassy In Pretoria To Demonstrate For Diaspora Vote.
"People are free to march wherever their hearts takes them to. They are also free to pursue relevance through different causes including frivolous ones. There is nowhere in the constitution where it says that the Government should bring ballot boxes to everyone's door steps," he said.
"Those who want to vote in Zimbabwe's election should choose a constituency in Zimbabwe. Go register as a voter and in it and when the election comes by all means go and vote. If that vote takes President Mugabe out of power so be it. That's democracy. But that process is the only constitutional process for changing leadership besides an act of God. So those who quote the constitution should show us where it says one way of changing leadership is through demonstrations at your own embassy which is there to provide you with consular services".
He said it is also wrong to associate Zimbabwean Embassies worldwide with Zanu PF, when one visits an embassy they are all served the same way despite their political affiliation. He said embassies are there to help their people.
"For example when someone is arrested or dies in a foreign land the Embassy is notified in some cases relatives can make inquiries about where their relatives are in a particular country, they do so with the assistance of the Embassy," he said.
"In some cases people who have been ignorant have gone as far as campaigning for their Embassies to be closed, this may be seen as shooting oneself in the foot because they may need services from the Embassy at a later date."
Mangwana made the statement in response in an article published in News Of The South On March 1, titled: Zimbabweans To March To Embassy In Pretoria To Demonstrate For Diaspora Vote.
"People are free to march wherever their hearts takes them to. They are also free to pursue relevance through different causes including frivolous ones. There is nowhere in the constitution where it says that the Government should bring ballot boxes to everyone's door steps," he said.
"Those who want to vote in Zimbabwe's election should choose a constituency in Zimbabwe. Go register as a voter and in it and when the election comes by all means go and vote. If that vote takes President Mugabe out of power so be it. That's democracy. But that process is the only constitutional process for changing leadership besides an act of God. So those who quote the constitution should show us where it says one way of changing leadership is through demonstrations at your own embassy which is there to provide you with consular services".
He said it is also wrong to associate Zimbabwean Embassies worldwide with Zanu PF, when one visits an embassy they are all served the same way despite their political affiliation. He said embassies are there to help their people.
"For example when someone is arrested or dies in a foreign land the Embassy is notified in some cases relatives can make inquiries about where their relatives are in a particular country, they do so with the assistance of the Embassy," he said.
"In some cases people who have been ignorant have gone as far as campaigning for their Embassies to be closed, this may be seen as shooting oneself in the foot because they may need services from the Embassy at a later date."
Source - Byo24News
