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President Nelson Chamisa addressing the erally Opposition MDC Alliance President, Nelson Chamisa Chamisa has accused ruling ZANU PF leader Emmerson Mnangagwa of entrenching dictatorship by trying to give himself sweeping powers through 27 proposed constitutional amendments.
The unfavourable amendments that have generally been rejected by members of the public are currently under discussion in Parliament with ZANU PF gearing to fastrek them through.
Speaking during an e-rally in Harare broadcast live on ZimEye.com on Sunday, Chamisa promised to derail the process.
“We will not allow the entrenchment of dictatorship and authoritarian consolidation through the changing and amendment of the Constitution.
“We have said; ‘No to amendment, Yes to alignment’. Mnangagwa wants to create a one-man State.”
Chamisa earlier promised to block the 2023 national elections if Mnangagwa and the ruling ZANU PF party refuse to implement political and electoral reforms that have through the years compromised Zimbabwean elections.
Chamisa told the tens of thousands of Zimbabweans who followed his address live that the MDC Alliance will in 2023 not allow a repeat of the past elections that were marred with irregularities, including vote-rigging allegations.
“We want political reforms and these reforms must have people’s consultation. We want credible elections in this country. We don’t want a repeat of the past,” Chamisa said.
“So there are no 2023 elections without reforms. We have the capacity to say there are no elections, and they will not be held because we are the people. We want elections with comprehensive electoral and political reforms,” he said.
“We want free and fair elections and these elections must have a post-election pact to avoid perennial conflicts in the country. We want people to be united and work together. We can’t be a country talking politics every day. Let’s have slogans of economic development, let’s have the fourth industrial revolution slogans and make Zimbabwe a hub of development.”