Grant Diasporans Right To Vote, MDC Alliance Challenges Mnangagwa Administration
12 May 2021
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Tinashe Sambiri|Zimbabweans in the diaspora must be granted the right to vote.

This was said by MDC Alliance Namibia spokesperson, Robson Ruhanya in a statement.

The MDC Alliance believes the diaspora vote will guarantee free and fair elections in Zimbabwe.

See full statement below:

“Diaspora Vote will Guarantee Free Polls in Zimbabwe”, Mdc Alliance Namibia concurs with Leader Maimane.

11 May 2021

Mdc Alliance Namibia concurs with the former Leader of the Democratic Alliance (DA) who was once the Leader of Opposition in South Africa, Mmusi Maimane when he propagated that the Southern African Development Community (SADC) region is faced with crises in Mozambique and Zimbabwe which regional countries should tackle as a matter of urgency.

He further asserted that an unfolding dictatorship can be averted by granting Zimbabweans scattered in the diaspora the right to vote to ensure free, fair and credible elections that are not contested in the captured Courts.

Maimane who is the Convenor of the One South Africa Movement (OSA), said if South Africa fails to push Harare for the much needed diaspora vote, it would be subsidising Mr Mnangagwa’s brutal and corrupt dictatorship. As a district , we are clear on our demand of the diaspora vote as a non-negotiable right. We think that SA and other SADC countries should encourage Zanupf to democratically govern their people. In Namibia diaspora vote was granted back in 2014 and Zambia was clear that in the next elections they will consider it.

It has to be clear to Mr Mnangagwa that Mdc Alliance Namibia will soldier on mobilising and recruiting social democrats to continue demanding the diaspora vote.

Moreover, Leader Maimane said, “in order to effectively #ResistDictatorship Zimbabwe must allow for #DiasporaVoting and cede voting abroad rights to all its citizens. We do that here in South Africa”. All SADC states must support this! That is how we will have a free and fair election in Zimbabwe. If we ignore threats to the fundamental voters’ rights in Zimbabwe, it will become our cancerous local malady to perpetuate authoritarianism. As part of our #ReformAgenda, diaspora vote remains our priority not forgetting other comprehensive political and electoral reforms needed before 2023 harmonised elections. It now imperative for these foreign matters to be confronted more forcefully and proactively.

To wind it up, Mdc Alliance Namibia salutes One South Africa Movement( OSA) Leader Mmusi Maimane for the solidarity with social democrats in Zimbabwe who are victims of a shrinking democratic space, arbitrary arrests, abductions, illegal convictions, long pre-trial detentions and harassment from the desperate regime. We are inspired by his clarion call for the fulfillment of the ideals of Constitutional Democracy.

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Mdc Alliance Namibia
Rundu Branch Spokesperson
Robson Ruhanya