The POLAD Committee on International re-engagement has told President Emmerson Mnangagwa that they faced challenges in their recent process due to diplomatic missions’ insistence on broad-based dialogue inclusive of MDC leader Nelson Chamisa, churches and civil society.

In their presentation to Mnangagwa last week, the committee said their recent engagement with diplomatic missions, they hailed the platform while pushing for everyone to come on board.

“In key issues raised by the diplomatic community in our recent engagements, although they applaud and appreciate the great initiative taken by His Excellency ED Mnangagwa and the political leaders that participated as presidential candidates in the 2018 harmonised elections, that of coming together to establish POLAD, they are all of the view that the on-going dialogue process should rather be broad-based, with key stakeholders that include the MDC Alliance, civic society, religious groups, white commercial farmers and business,” the report read in part.