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Today the party’s National Elections Directorate would meet to discuss election-related issues after holding successful primary elections and nomination of candidates by the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission last week.
The National Elections Directorate’s chairman Cde Simon Khaya Moyo is tasked with introducing the party’s candidates to its national administrative organs. Cde Khaya Moyo is also the Zanu-PF National Chairman.
Zanu-PF spokesperson Cde Rugare Gumbo told The Herald yesterday that the party’s manifesto might be launched this week.
“The manifesto will be launched hopefully this week,” he said.
“Tomorrow (today) the National Election Directorate is meeting and on Wednesday we will have a Politburo meeting. We will have a Central Committee meeting on Friday before we hold a National Consultative Assembly meeting on Saturday.”
He said all the meetings would focus on the harmonised elections as the party intensifies its preparations for the polls.
Although Cde Gumbo could not delve into the contents of the manifesto, The Herald is reliably informed that the policy document was premised on indigenisation and economic empowerment. Land reform and issues relating to the country’s independence and sovereignty are also captured in the manifesto.
The party’s Secretary for Administration Cde Didymus Mutasa said all the election-related work was being handled by the national directorate.
“The national directorate has to submit the names of all candidates to the President and the Central Committee after which we will launch the manifesto. After the launch we will go into the campaigns,” he said.
Cde Mutasa said he was confident that the revolutionary party had done all the necessary groundwork that would ensure a resounding victory on July 31.
Zanu-PF is riding on the back of its sound policies that addressed the concerns of the general public.
The revolutionary party is also taking advantage of the dismal performance of the two MDC formations in Government in the past four years.
Observers say the MDC formations have nothing to show for their stay in Government except their penchant for the good life and corruption.
MDC-T leader Mr Morgan Tsvangirai, the observers say, took advantage of his position as Prime Minister to change women and embark on expensive holidays.
At one point Mr Tsvangirai took his family to a holiday in the United States of America where he booked at the plush Waldorf Astoria in Manhattan that cost US$5 000 per night.
MDC-T-run councils have also been plagued by serious corruption that affected service delivery in urban areas.
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