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Africa-Press – Zimbabwe. <\/strong><\/span>Citizens\u2019 Coalition for Change (CCC) legislators for Mutare Central and Mutasa Central, Innocent Gonese and Trevor Saruwaka, respectively, stepped down from contesting in upcoming elections despite being nominated.<\/p>\n

In a statement, Gonese, who is one of the opposition\u2019s senior officials, said he had decided to back another nomination candidate Brian James to contest for the seat.<\/p>\n

Gonese announced his decision to not contest in the upcoming general elections shortly after Saruwaka stepped down from contesting. Said Gonese:<\/p>\n

I would like to thank the people of Mutare Central for giving me the opportunity to represent them as their representative in Parliament and also for nominating me as a Candidate in the forthcoming elections.<\/p>\n

I am also happy that the former Mutare Mayor was also nominated as a candidate and while all the names are being vetted pending further processes, such as consultations and consensus in terms of the new candidate selection procedures, I have decided to decline the nomination.<\/p>\n

I had a fruitful discussion with James yesterday as I consider him a very worthy and deserving person to take over from me and I am pleased to advise that we are going to work together to ensure that Mutare Central remains yellow and plays its part in ensuring that we deliver maximum votes for President Chamisa and all candidates in other positions.<\/p>\n

Gonese has been quite vocal in Parliament ever since he was elected into the August House in 2008 on an MDC-T ticket.<\/p>\n

The CCC candidate nomination process is being conducted by an independent body, the Citizens\u2019 Independent Candidate Selection Panel (CISP).<\/p>\n

The process has four stages, namely candidate nomination, candidate vetting, candidates\u2019 caucuses and declaration of successful candidates.<\/p>\n

For More News And Analysis About Zimbabwe<\/a> Follow Africa-Press<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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