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MDC Parties to Boycott March Parliamentary By-Elections
13 January 2015
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Joice Mujuru seat vacant
Joice Mujuru seat vacant

The Movement for Democratic Change formation led by Morgan Tsvangirai and the MDC- Renweal Team have announced that they will boycott by-elections in two constituencies left vacant by former Vice President Joice Mujuru and current Vice President Emmerson Mnangagwa.
President Robert Mugabe proclaimed in a notice published in an extraordinary government gazette that eligible voters in Mount Darwin West and Chirumanzu-Zibagwe constituencies would go to the polls to elect new national assembly representatives on March 27th .
The by-election for the Mount Darwin West constituency was long overdue and comes in the wake of allegations by legal experts that Mr. Mugabe had violated the Zimbabwean constitution by failing to order a by-election within 90 days of Mujuru’s appointment more than 18 months ago.
The president proclaimed that: “I do by this proclamation order new elections for the constituencies of Mount Darwin West and Chirumanzu-Zibagwe, fix Friday 27th, March 2015 as the day in which a poll shall be taken if a poll becomes necessary in terms of section 46 (17) (c) of the Electoral Act.”
MDC-T spokesman Obert Gutu said his party will not participate in elections whose outcome is pre-determined. – VOA

5 Replies to “MDC Parties to Boycott March Parliamentary By-Elections”

  1. Opposition parties need to begin to mature and to stand together. 2018 is just around the corner and may the Lord expose all the skulduggery of the past elections. It is never to late to begin to do the right thing. All those road map election changes from the GNU need to implemented NOW! Opposition parties need to push TOGETHER! Common Zimbabwe let us wake up and stand united for a change. Our spiritual unity should be Jesus Christ and all that He is and our national unity should be the nation for the good of all.

  2. MDC Formation had failed to lead opposition in Zimbabwe…we can call it ”NO MORE OPPOSITION PARTIES IN ZIMBABWE”..it better come a new breed of Opposition Parties…than to listen to these failous…….

  3. MDC Formation had failed to lead opposition in Zimbabwe…we can call it ”NO MORE OPPOSITION PARTIES IN ZIMBABWE”..it better come a new breed of Opposition Parties…than to listen to these failous…….

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