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This was resolved at the movements’ three-day meeting in Harare which ended on Saturday.
The communiqué containing the resolutions was dubbed the Harare Declaration.
The former liberation movements also called for the unconditional lifting of illegal sanctions imposed on Zimbabwe by Western countries.
They noted and strongly condemned the illegal removal of elected Governments in some parts of Africa through coups.
The meeting was attended by Zanu-PF, the African National Congress of South Africa, Frelimo (Mozambique), MPLA (Angola), Swapo (Namibia) and Chama Cha Mapinduzi (Tanzania).
“Political parties of former liberation movements should on a continual basis share election strategies and experiences to assist in closing the gaps and weaknesses that may exist in a political party’s campaign,” they said.
“The meetings called for the unconditional removal of the illegal sanctions imposed on Zimbabwe and called for the release of the Cuban five.”
The liberation movements noted with concern the trend in some parts of Africa where democratically elected Governments were being overthrown through coups and other illegal means.
“The developments on the continent of democratically elected Governments being overthrown through coups, such as in Guinea Bissau and Mali, must be strongly condemned and seen as retrogressive in Africa’s quest to democratise, achieve peace, unity and development,” they said.
Calls were made for political parties of former liberation movements to remain vigilant and defend the hard won independence.
“Political parties of former liberation movements should monitor the increasing trend and machinations towards the balkanisation of Africa and develop strategies to prevent this,” it was agreed.
It was resolved that parliamentarians of political parties of former liberation movements should increase exchanges to share information and experiences.
The secretary-generals of the liberation movements went on a familiarisation tour of the Chiadzwa diamond fields in Manicaland province on Saturday and left Harare yesterday.
Last week, President Mugabe urged Government led by the former liberation movements to be ever alert in the face of open aggression and insatiable desire by the former colonisers to reclaim the continent through their stooges.
“This is urgent as our revolutionary ideologies have come under sustained attack, nay, renewed attack from our erstwhile colonial masters who are determined to replace our revolutionary parties with malleable, neoliberal stooge parties deliberately formed and funded to reverse all the gains of the liberation struggle,” he said while officially opening the liberation movements’ summit on Friday.
During that summit, the liberation movements received situational reports on the current political, economic and social situation in their respective countries.
“The political parties of former liberation movements welcomed the proposal to increase inter-party exchanges amongst each other in the areas of mobilisation, party building, campaign approaches, human resource development and information dissemination,” reads the communiqué.
The meeting congratulated the ANC on its Centenary Celebrations and the 52nd anniversary of Swapo.
It further congratulated Frelimo on the upcoming 50th anniversary celebrations and Mozambique’s 37th independence commemorations to be held on the 25th of this month.
The summit of the former liberation movements saluted the MPLA led Angolan government for its 10th anniversary after ending a devastating civil war.
It was noted that this ensured peace and development in the oil rich country.
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