ZANU PF holds primaries as harmonised elections beckon

ZANU PF holds primaries as harmonised elections beckon

 

Hosia Mviringi

 

 

The ruling ZANU PF party has announced a date for it’s primary elections to choose it’s representatives in the forthcoming harmonised elections.

 

 

The announcement which was made by the party’s First Secretary and President Emmerson Mnangagwa at it’s 367th Ordinary Session of the Politburo dovetails with the party’s publicly announced commitment to constitutionality and upholding of internal democracy.

 

 

“At the party’s administrative level, preparations for the holding of internal democratic primary elections should begin in earnest. I shall soon be announcing the date for the elections,” said the President in opening remarks to the Politburo Session in Harare yesterday.

 

 

To give credence to this promise, at the end of the Politburo meeting the party announced that primary elections would be held on the Saturday of March 18, 2023 in preparation of the crucial Harmonised elections later this year.

 

 

“More importantly, we must gear ourselves to work together with other structures in the ongoing mobilisation work towards our party’s thunderous victory in the upcoming 2023 Harmonised General Elections. The Party Manifesto mist be finalised as the other critical aspects related to our internal election roadmap unfolds,” said President Mnangagwa.

 

 

The announcement is yet another clear confirmation that the country will have a date for this year’s harmonised general elections sooner rather than later.

 

 

ZANU PF has for the better part of the immediate past two years been involved in deliberate rejuvenation of it’s grassroots structures through a continuous restructuring process. The process has seen the party maintaining a steady organisational structure backed by a clear ideological orientation and grassroots connection.

 

 

Meanwhile the party is leaving no stone I turned in it’s quest to ensure that all eligible party supporters are registered as voters.

 

 

“Voter registration and grassroots oriented mobilisation strategies centred at the Cells and Villages should continue. Nothing should be left to chance.”

 

 

The organisational clarity of the ruling party is a direct contrast to the shambolic nature of some opposition parties which ironically tout themselves as viable alternative government.