Transform Zimbabwe president Jacob Ngarivhume's address to congress

I appreciate you all for coming to this momentous event in the history of our party. Pastors, traditional leaders from Bikita and Binga, our Alliance partners represented by Brig Mutambara and students. Thank you all. It is my honour, as substantive TZ President to welcome you to this historic inaugural congress.

The failure of Zimbabwe has been the failure of leadership. God has blessed Zimbabwe so much with all forms of resources like diamonds, gold, platinum, amd other minerals which our country's presidium cannot even pronounce, yet Zimbabwe continues to deteriorate. The failure of Zimbabwe has been a failure of leadership and this is precisely a question we have to deal with.



This People's Congress is coming against a backdrop of a recent coup in Zimbabwe. Though it was popular, it still remains very illegal. The architects of the coup, Emerson Mnangagwa, Chiwenga and the junta have been propping up ousted President Robert Mugabe. They organised the preemptive coup of 2008 to prevent the late Morgan Tsvangirai from taking over after winning the 2008 presidential election. Since 1980 they have destroyed this nation together with Mugabe. Even the tribal division in our nation, Gukurahundi was a big part in creating them and ED was the right hand man in all of those.



Life has not changed for the people of Zimbabwe since the illegal coup. There is no change to talk about.

This congress has five objectives:

1. Election of substantive leadership

The first task of this Congress is to elect the leadership to lead this party for the next 5 years, the Leadership we can believe in to Transform Zimbabwe and Make it a Jewel.

 2. Launch IGNITE

Since 1980, Zimbabwe has had over 17 economic blueprints, but none has worked. The implementation phase has been the grave yard of all Zimbabwean policies because of the leadership deficit we have. The real deal is leadership. IGNITE will work because we have the leadership to make it work.

3. Crafting election strategy

This congress will develop and shape our roadmap to victory in the upcoming 2018 elections. Zimbabwe must accept a new generation of leaders who fear God without which there will be no change.

4. Review TZ participation in the Alliance

We believe in working with others and this we did in NERA and MDC Alliance. We did so guided by the resolution of the TZ National Executive Council and our way forward in the Alliance will be determined by this Honourable house. This Congress will discuss our participation in the Alliance and make a resolution that will protect our place in the Alliance.

5. Lastly, this Congress will prepare the people of Zimbabwe in crossing over into the promised land led by the leadership here present. Our crossing over will be miraculous and let's prepare our people for that.

I thank you all for coming.

God bless Transform Zimbabwe

God bless Zimbabwe



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