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Rumbidzayi Zinyuke
Manicaland Bureau
Zanu PF candidates who will win the District Coordinating Committee (DCC) posts have been urged to prepare to work towards enhancing President Mnangagwa’s vision as the party’s sole candidate for the 2023 elections, while those who fail to make it should regroup and unite to strengthen the ruling party.
Speaking at an extraordinary Manicaland Provincial Coordinating Committee (PCC) meeting in Mutare yesterday, Zanu PF Secretary for Lands and Resettlement Cde Cain Mathema, who was the guest of honour, said DCCs should be responsible for pushing the party’s agenda.
He said they should educate the people on the progress that has been made by President Mnangagwa towards making the lives of Zimbabweans better.
“Let us focus on what those who started the liberation struggle of this country had in mind to make sure that the DCCs in Manicaland promote the development of the country,” said Cde Mathema.
“We cannot develop Manicaland if the people we put in power do not support the vision of the party’s sole candidate for 2023. The candidate for the next election is already there and he has done so much, so we are working according to the party as led by President Mnangagwa.
“It is the responsibility of party leadership to see that those who are elected into DCCs tell the people what the President has done to enhance the lives of the people of Zimbabwe. We should be able to talk about what he has done in education, mining, infrastructure and all sectors. Let us vote for people who will be willing to be around that leader.”
Cde Mathema said everyone should work to unite the party under the leadership of President Mnangagwa regardless of their tribal or racial inclination.
He said those who failed to make it into the DCCs should not try to force themselves on the people, but respect the electoral process and wait for their chance in the next elections.
The party’s Secretary for Finance Cde Patrick Chinamasa said DCCs would be responsible for coordination of politics and development in all districts.
“The President has been encouraging us to focus on development, but we also know that politics drive development, so DCCs will be looking at making sure these issues are addressed,” he said. Cde Chinamasa encouraged candidates not to let the DCC elections divide the party, but remain united for the country to progress.
Meanwhile, the list of the DCCs winning candidates was not announced at the meeting since the party saw it fit to first notify the candidates of their fate.
Manicaland provincial chairman Cde Mike Madiro said notifying the candidates first would protect their privacy and also give them a chance to appeal the decision to the national commissariat if they wanted to.
“The instruction we received from the National Commissar is that the candidates must know of their fate first then they can go ahead with their campaign,” he said. “Those who want to appeal can then do so to the relevant authority.”
DCCs were disbanded in 2012 after the party felt they were being used to foment divisions in the party.
The reintroduction of the committees is expected to serve as a mechanism to further consolidate party structures at grassroots level.
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