{"id":37376,"date":"2021-03-26T14:39:35","date_gmt":"2021-03-26T12:39:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/?p=37376"},"modified":"2021-03-26T13:49:48","modified_gmt":"2021-03-26T11:49:48","slug":"mdc-alliance-ready-for-by-elections-hlatywayo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.cc\/zimbabwe\/all-news\/mdc-alliance-ready-for-by-elections-hlatywayo","title":{"rendered":"MDC Alliance Ready For By-elections \u2013 Hlatywayo"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/\">Africa-Press<\/a> &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\">Zimbabwe<\/a>. <\/strong><\/span>MDC Alliance deputy national spokesperson Clifford Hlatywayo said that his party was ready for by-elections.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking during an interview with Nehanda Radio, Hlatywayo said comprehensive electoral reforms have to be implemented first before Zimbabwe can hold credible elections. He said:<\/p>\n<p>MDC Alliance has presented minimum conditions for the holding of credible elections in Zimbabwe in our document called PRICE- Principles for Credible Elections.<\/p>\n<p>There is a need for serious electoral, political and economic reforms in Zimbabwe. Zanu PF does not like that because it enjoys the suffering of ordinary people.<\/p>\n<p>MDC Alliance is ready for any election at any time as long as the process is fair, free, peaceful and the security of the voters and vote is guaranteed.<\/p>\n<p>Hlatywayo claimed that Zanu PF knows that it is an illegitimate regime occupying the positions of authority.<\/p>\n<p>He further charged that the ruling party employs \u201cdiabolic\u201d means to stay in power such as arbitrary arrests and illegal detentions of dissidents.<\/p>\n<p>The former youth assembly spokesperson said the recalls of MDC Alliance councillors and legislators has impacted negatively on service delivery in local authorities and crippled the parliamentary oversight role.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; Zimbabwe. MDC Alliance deputy national spokesperson Clifford Hlatywayo said that his party was ready for by-elections. Speaking during an interview with Nehanda Radio, Hlatywayo said comprehensive electoral reforms have to be implemented first before Zimbabwe can hold credible elections. He said: MDC Alliance has presented minimum conditions for the holding of credible elections [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":37375,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,35,10,15],"tags":[1493,2189,1553,19],"class_list":{"0":"post-37376","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-all-news","8":"category-homepage-english","9":"category-parties","10":"category-twitter","11":"tag-africa-press","12":"tag-africa-press-zimbabwe-2","13":"tag-clifford-hlatywayo","14":"tag-zimbabwe"},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v24.1 (Yoast SEO v24.1) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>MDC Alliance Ready For By-elections \u2013 Hlatywayo - zimbabwe<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"MDC Alliance deputy national spokesperson Clifford Hlatywayo said that his party was ready for by-elections. 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