Africa-Press – Zimbabwe. <\/strong><\/span>NATIONAL Constitutional Assembly (NCA) president, Lovemore Madhuku says chaotic scenes of commandeered crowds scrambling for free groceries at the ruling party, Zanu PF, rallies are a sign of the government\u2019s failure.<\/p>\nSpeaking during a meeting held in Chinhoyi, Madhuku said Zimbabweans were suffering at the hands of the ruling elite, which must be booted out come August 23 harmonised elections.<\/p>\n
\u201cCitizens should seek a government that cherishes prosperity. Remember there is Madhuku who will be on the ballot paper on 23 August vying for president. There would be others but don\u2019t vote for them.<\/p>\n
\u201cIf this country was ruled effectively, people would have adequate food stocks in their households, they shouldn\u2019t go to rallies to get basic commodities,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
The NCA leader said Zanu PF political rallies have been reduced to platforms to further expose President Emmerson Mnangagwa and his henchmen.<\/p>\n
\u201cIf people had cooking oil, rice and mealie-meal, they would not go to a rally to get these things, but go and contribute to nation building through exchanging views and ideas, and listen to what the leadership is promising.<\/p>\n
\u201cAttending rallies in order to get these things is evidence of failure because the masses are suffering,\u201d said the University of Zimbabwe (UZ) law professor.<\/p>\n
He noted bussing helpless citizens to Zanu PF events was evidence of government failure as the masses could not afford transport fares.<\/p>\n
\u201cPeople should come voluntarily (to rallies) using their own money because they would be in a position to afford. Every Zanu PF rally is evidence of failure.\u201d<\/p>\n
Madhuku urged the electorate to vote NCA in upcoming polls and remove<\/p>\n
Mnangagwa\u2019s regime, which has not succeeded in improving Zimbabwe\u2019s economic situation.<\/p>\n
He also reiterated the need to rejig the 2013 national Constitution, which he said was a compromise document agreed between late former president Robert Mugabe and Morgan Tsvangirai, the then opposition front-man.<\/p>\n
Madhuku has contested previous presidential polls, the last being in 2018 against his erstwhile benefactor Mnangagwa, who has gifted him a vehicle, among other trinkets, for his role in the Political Actors Dialogue (POLAD) platform.<\/p>\n
POLAD is a grouping of 2018 presidential aspirants established at the behest of Mnangagwa couched as a political negotiating caucus.<\/p>\n
The steep nomination fees set by the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (ZEC) for presidential contestants pegged at US$1 000 did not deter Madhuku.<\/p>\n
Despite his unwavering determination to land the presidency, he fared dismally in past plebiscites, while NCA candidates have failed the scrap even a single local authority or a parliamentary seat.<\/p>\n
Madhuku\u2019s participation in elections is largely viewed by detractors as a sideshow to give credence of a supposed democratic society.<\/p>\n
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