Eighteen of the country’s parties yesterday reinforced their commitment to participate in Friday’s mega demonstration.
The march which is meant to lobby for electoral reforms is being organised by the National Electoral Reforms Agenda, (NERA) and,will see 18 opposition parties joining forces in a bid to force the Zanu PF led government to review the current electoral system which the opposition parties say is flawed.
Addressing journalists after a closed door meeting, Dydimus Mutasa one of the founding fathers of Zimbabwe People First (ZimPF), said that the opposition agreed on the principles of the demo and will work together in making it a success.
“We will come together as political groups and work out the modus operandi in the future,”
“We have agreed on the demonstration and we are inviting everyone to come join us on the day of the march,” said Mutasa.
Barbara Nyagomo leader of the Progressive Democrats of Zimbabwe, (PDZ) said the opposition parties are doing what is right for the citizens despite differences in political affiliations.
“After the 26th of August a date will be set again to start the process and this is the beginning of a relationship,” she said.
Nyagomo added that, “We are doing what is best for the people of Zimbabwe, despite being different in our political ideologies.”
Leader of African Democratic Party Marcellina Chikasha weighed in saying the closed door meeting was successful as they mapped a better future for the nation.
“I think it is a step in the right direction as people of different calibres are sitting under one roof, agreeing on one issue and discussing on how things should be handled from now on,” said.
She also said that she was happy with the way opposition parties are coming together to work on solving issues.
“Ultimately, I am very happy with the outcome of the meeting, we came to the point of convergence,” said Chikasha.
The meeting was attended by several opposition leaders who included Jacob Ngarivhume of the Transform Zimbabwe, Dr Joyce Mujuru of the ZimPF, Tendai Biti of the People’s Democratic Party, Elton Mangoma of the Renewal Democrats, Welshman Ncube of the Movement for Democratic Change.
