ZANU-PF’S 13th Annual National People’s Conference should commission preparations for next year’s harmonised elections which the revolutionary party must win convincingly, President Mugabe has said.
The Midlands capital of Gweru is hosting this year’s conference running under the theme “Indigenise, Empower, Develop and Create Employment”.
Addressing the 91st Ordinary Session of the Central Committee in Harare yesterday, the Zanu-PF First Secretary and President said the party’s victory in the elections should leave no room for doubt in contestants.
“While our session today will consider reports related to our Annual National People’s Conference, we should also remember that the conference will virtually officially commission some of the preparations we need for next year’s elections.
“It is important, comrades that our victory in the harmonised elections should leave no room for doubt in our contestants. Our performance in the elections should certainly disentangle us from the inclusive Government monster which, like a behemoth, has pulled back our coherent, forward-looking, pro-people programmes.”
President Mugabe said the conference would give Zanu-PF time to reconnect with a broad base of its grassroots leadership in a structured and focused way.
He said the Constitution-making process needed undivided attention and as a result, some party meetings were overlooked.
“We had to, nay, needed to, ensure that the ever present mischief-makers did not give us a Charter which was totally at odds with the Zimbabwean vision. As a revolutionary party, the people look upon us to provide solid leadership and solutions in situations where some of our colleagues are easily blown away by every wind and doctrine.
“So it became our calling, our duty, a national service, to monitor the Constitution exercise,” the President said.
He slammed Copac for the manner in which it conducted itself during Constitution-making process.
“For it became very clear that those we entrusted as drafters of the new Constitution had regrettably been overcome by ill-winds and become drifters in the process.”
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Zimbabwe: President’s Victory Call