Barbara Nyagomo | Fellow Democrats,
Beloved Zimbabweans,
Distinguished leaders of various political formations, civic organisations, business, and corporate sector,
I greet you all in this Season of Prayer
As I address you tonight, let me be begin by quoting Matthew as he tells the living tale of the Easter.
“So they departed quickly from the tomb with fear and great joy and ran to tell his disciples. And behold, Jesus met them and said “GREETINGS”, And they came up and took hold of his feet and worshiped him. Then Jesus said to them, DO NOT BE AFRAID; GO AND TELL MY BROTHERS TO GO TO GALILEE, AND THERE THEY WILL SEE ME”.
Fellow citizens, this is the only season when we congregate as families and churches of various denominations in order to celebrate death for through death there is life.
This is the only season where the entire world including our beloved nation casts asunder all differences and converge to bow before the Creator
And this is the only season where the role of women gains providence, celebrating our profound social space pioneered by the likes of Mary Magdalena when our Lord first appeared before her after resurrection.

Today PDZ joins the community of Christians as they congregate to celebrate resurrection. Where many across the world have successfully weathered and withstood the economic storms and managed to partake in the proceedings of this holy season, we are as a Party conscious of the plight of many Zimbabweans who can no longer partake in the holy communion because of economic hardships. Many are without jobs and those with jobs, find it immensely difficult to sustain a decent livelihood, worse still, provide for their spiritual needs. Those in the diaspora find themselves caught up in the capitalist quagmire, and are thus deprived of the moments to spend time with their natural and spiritual families.
Is this kind of liberty that our predecessors fought to achieve?
Ladies and Gentlemen, Zimbabwe projects herself as a Christian nation, built upon the fundamental values of a Christian society, yet as leadership we have failed dismally to emulate the likes of Joshua, Moses and David, only but to mention a few. Instead, we have cast to the wind the very values that guided our upbringing and those of the entire nation. A leader who can not protect and provide for his or her people is not worth being referred to as such.
Democrats and Fellow Citizens,

As we congregate in various spiritual centres across the world, my plea to you is that, let us remind ourselves of Joshua as he was about to conquer Canaan, let us bow down and pray for a nation in despair, a nation held at ransom by a few elite masquerading as leaders while holding the entire nation to ransom and relegating the masses to the doldrums of poverty. My humble plea to you is for us all to pray for our struggle and seek divine intervention.

Our struggle has reached a decisive moment. As PDZ we call on our people, all citizens, to seize this moment so that the process towards democracy is rapid and uninterrupted. We have waited too long for our freedom and can wait no longer. Now is the time to intensify the struggle on all fronts. To relax our efforts now would be a mistake which generations to come will not be able to forgive. The sight of freedom looming on the horizon should encourage us to redouble our efforts.

It is only through disciplined mass action that our victory can be assured. We call on our black, white,  Indian and many other compatriots to join us in the shaping of a new Zimbabwe. We call on the international community, legitimately committed to the struggle and emancipation of all Zimbabweans to join us as we seek to restore our pride, dignity and identity.

Our march to freedom is irreversible and we must not allow fear to stand in our way. Universal suffrage on a common voters’ role in a united democratic and non-racial and non-sexist Zimbabwe is the only way to peace and tribal and racial harmony as well as the true advancement of the interests of our people, United in diversity.

Fellow Democrats,

Let’s us not be afraid for out of fear, tyranny reigns , let us not be deterred for deterrence defies the principles of our struggle, let us not give up for it is when we quit that the possibility of meeting the Lord in Galilee, our desire New Zimbabwe becomes a fairy-tale This is my Zimbabwe, it is your Zimbabwe and it is our Zimbabwe!!

Beloved Zimbabweans, this is a season fraught with loss of life through road carnages. I urge you all, therefore to exercise extreme caution on the roads, let us all celebrate responsibly and above all pray for the our nation Zimbabwe.

We love you and God be with you all.

I thank you.

Barbara Nyagomo
PDZ President