Free & Fair Elections Must Also Manifest In MDC Internal Processes - Molokele

A member of the MDC and aspirant for the Secretary general post, Fortune Daniel Molokela (FDM), spoke to the Standard senior reporter Obey Manayiti (OM) and revealed why he is the right candidate for the post. He also said that the MDC must work towards enhancing democracy within the party. Below are excerpts of the interview:

OM: There are others who claim there is high likelihood for others to rig the congress elections. Do you have such fears and if so what measures should be put in place to ensure that such things do not happen?

FDM: The MDC has been taken advantage of in terms of its participation in the national elections. We have always won a lot of elections since the days of the late icon Morgan Tsvangirai, but they have been rigged against us. So we stand as victims of rampant electoral abuses and therefore as a party we need to make sure that the free and fair elections we crave for at the national level are also seen in our internal democratic processes. We will be pushing for an independent commission and obviously, members of the party must not be actively involved in the electoral processes in particular staff of the MDC must not be involved. We need to get civil society partners to help us conduct credible elections. There is an executive meeting on Monday (tomorrow) and I will be one of the people pushing for that. Also we should have clarity on the number of voters and the voters roll and ballot papers should be designed in such a way that they are not easily copied or duplicated. We should have a way to audit the results.

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