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Addressing journalists following the adoption of the draft constitution during the referendum held on Saturday, Prof Madhuku said the MDC-T was the only party in the world that used a person’s name and face as its symbol.
“The MDC-T is the only party that has a bad name. It’s unfortunate that we do not have laws regulating political parties but you cannot have a party named after a person and use his face as the party’s symbol,” he said.
The “T” in the MDC-T refers to Tsvangirai while the party intends to use the open palm emblazoned with Mr Tsvangirai’s face as its symbol in the forthcoming harmonised elections to distinguish it from other MDC formations.
Prof Madhuku said the NCA would continue to demand what he termed, “a truly people-driven and democratic constitution” but said specific strategies would be outlined when a new Government is formed after the elections.
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“Elections must go ahead, let’s just go to the elections now, we are waiting for the new Government in July,” he said.
“Let’s have the general elections now under the conditions which the referendum was held. We should go to the elections so that we deal with the Government that comes afterwards.”
Prof Madhuku claimed the electoral environment was biased towards the Yes vote and accused the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission and the judiciary of sabotaging their campaign against the adoption of the draft.
The NCA launched two court challenges to have the referendum stopped but their appeals were dismissed by the High Court.
The organisation argued people were not given adequate time to consider the draft while the majority of voters had no access to the document.
Prof Madhuku said the NCA reserved the right to form a political party and would do so if they so wished.
MDC-99 president Mr Job Sikhala, Progressive Teachers Union of Zimbabwe secretary general Mr Raymond Majongwe and International Socialist Organisation leader Mr Munyaradzi Gwisai also attended the press conference and vowed to continue fighting for a new constitution.
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