Jacob Mafume | When the Alliance President meets with key figures and key institutions of Zimbabwean soceity it is called Third Party Endorsement.The meetings will extend to international persons and institutions.The meetings involve ordinary persons to iconic historical families that make up part of today and our heritage.Some of the people will have recognisable names some will not.Its all part of the process of explaining ourselves and reaching out to the masses.The people so met are not surrogates of the campaign .They do not necessarily have to become party members.The point is we have met them, laid out our case and have won their support and vote.The meetings are withou discrimination based on political party affliation,religion or any other ism that seeks to create barriers to dialogue.The danger would be to campaign only among or to your own supporters.Our suppporters believe in Chamisa but they expect him to bring more to our cause.On that note our soceity is made up of victims and perpetrators of violence.A healing process involves meeting the victims to understand the pain and search for healing solutions.In the same vein the perpetrators have to be met so one understands their motives and what drives or drove them to commit heinous crimes on their kith and kin based on an artificial man made barrier called political affliation.It must be understood Chamisa has been a victim too of political violence .The difference is that he is in a position where he could potentially enforce a solution .To proffer such he must understand all sides to avoid prescribing paraffin to a fire.It is also regrattable that individuals and families are being pressured and lynched to explain why they met a key opposition figure .They feel obligated to explain that they invited no one to their doorstep.It is not the zimbabwean way nor is it the African way .There is no standard format for one to be invited to an African home.I have not seen it .What I know is that our culture demands that when you visit a town or place as required etiqutte you must ,it demands, visit traditional leaders,families,individuals and so on. As such we are going to meet all zimbabweans without discrimination on any ground whatsover.We have a messege and a mission for zimbabwe which must be delivered.We have lost too much as a nation on artificial differences .CHAMISA 2018.
Why And How Chamisa Met Jabulani Sibanda
10 April 2018