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Zanu PF finally ready for reform talks
09 Jul 2014 at 17:56hrs | Views
Press Statement:
We welcome Zanu PF's decision to talk with other interested party to find the way out of this mess.
We in the Zimbabwe Social Democrats welcome the announcement by Mr Rugare Gumbo that Zanu PF was now willing to talk face-to-face with the other Zimbabweans to find the way out of the current economic and political mess.
Zimbabwe is in this mess because the country failed to produce a working political system in 1980 when the nation attained her independence, the first bite of the cherry; the GNU of 2008 to 2013 failed to implement the democratic reforms necessary for a health democracy, second bite of the cherry. These talks mark the third bite of the cherry, we in the ZSD are determined that this time the country will have a health democracy at the end of the day! To ensure we achieve that goal we therefore propose the following:
a) That the UN or a country like Norway or Netherlands with a track record of hosting peaceful interparty negotiations should be invite to host the talks.
b) That Zanu PF should acknowledge that the root cause of this political and economic crisis is that the party rigged the 2013 July elections. The only reason Zanu PF would not want to accept this basic fact is because it will want to be the dominant group in the talks and that the regime should have the veto on any decisions coming out of the talks.
An admission of past mistakes, particularly a serious crime such as vote rigging, will reas- sure everyone that the party is finally ready to accept meaningful democratic change.
c) That the MDC-T and MDC-N also public acknowledge that it was the parties for failure to implement the democratic reforms during the GNU that enabled Zanu PF to rig the elec- tions. The dominance of these two parties in these talks is not acceptable because the last thing the nation wants reward the MDC leaders for having betrayed the nation.
The failure by MDC to implement the reforms was a serious matter and a public acknowl- edgement of that fact will reassure everyone that the party is to be taken seriously!
We are pleased that a year of staring on the mockingly empty ZimAsset begging bowl has finally brought those in Zanu PF back to their senses. We will meet and talk as long as these are serious talks.
Wilbert Mukori
Secretary General
Zimbabwe Social Democrats
zimbabwesocialdemocrats@gmail.com
We welcome Zanu PF's decision to talk with other interested party to find the way out of this mess.
We in the Zimbabwe Social Democrats welcome the announcement by Mr Rugare Gumbo that Zanu PF was now willing to talk face-to-face with the other Zimbabweans to find the way out of the current economic and political mess.
Zimbabwe is in this mess because the country failed to produce a working political system in 1980 when the nation attained her independence, the first bite of the cherry; the GNU of 2008 to 2013 failed to implement the democratic reforms necessary for a health democracy, second bite of the cherry. These talks mark the third bite of the cherry, we in the ZSD are determined that this time the country will have a health democracy at the end of the day! To ensure we achieve that goal we therefore propose the following:
a) That the UN or a country like Norway or Netherlands with a track record of hosting peaceful interparty negotiations should be invite to host the talks.
b) That Zanu PF should acknowledge that the root cause of this political and economic crisis is that the party rigged the 2013 July elections. The only reason Zanu PF would not want to accept this basic fact is because it will want to be the dominant group in the talks and that the regime should have the veto on any decisions coming out of the talks.
An admission of past mistakes, particularly a serious crime such as vote rigging, will reas- sure everyone that the party is finally ready to accept meaningful democratic change.
c) That the MDC-T and MDC-N also public acknowledge that it was the parties for failure to implement the democratic reforms during the GNU that enabled Zanu PF to rig the elec- tions. The dominance of these two parties in these talks is not acceptable because the last thing the nation wants reward the MDC leaders for having betrayed the nation.
The failure by MDC to implement the reforms was a serious matter and a public acknowl- edgement of that fact will reassure everyone that the party is to be taken seriously!
We are pleased that a year of staring on the mockingly empty ZimAsset begging bowl has finally brought those in Zanu PF back to their senses. We will meet and talk as long as these are serious talks.
Wilbert Mukori
Secretary General
Zimbabwe Social Democrats
zimbabwesocialdemocrats@gmail.com
Source - Zimbabwe Social Democrats
