Mthwakazi Republic Party Shuns By-elections
The Mthwakazi Republic Party (MRP) has no interest in participating in by-elections as it is still laying the ground for the 2023 elections, its leader Mqondisi Moyo.
MRP participated in the 2018 elections but has not contested by-elections that have been held since the last general elections.
Speaking to CITE’s Senzeni Ncube, Moyo confirmed that MRP will not participate in the upcoming Bulilima council by-elections set for 3 September. Moyo said:
We still have a lot of work to do because we can’t just be participating in elections without going around canvassing for support from our people because we know that these by-elections at times are pre-determined by ZANU PF. One can tell that the outcome of the by-elections is ZANU PF.
For us, it wasn’t an issue of just participating in a by-election but it was an issue of making sure that when we take part in elections, we will have massive support from our people because we feel by-elections on the other hand will be a way of making ZANU PF measure its strength on whether they are losing ground or they are gaining.
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Moyo said Mthwakazi Republic Party is currently holding outreach meetings in rural areas.
Last week ZEC gazetted candidate nomination fees through Statutory Instrument (SI) 144 of 2022.
According to the new regulations, aspiring presidential, members of parliament, councillors and those intending to be nominated for senate will pay US$20 000, US$1000 and US$200 respectively. Moyo considers the fees “madness”. He said:
That is total madness from both ZEC which is an arm of Zanu-PF because how on earth would one come up with such figures, did they consult all the stakeholders involved because when such issues happen, I think there should be even a cabinet ruling or other statutory instruments that enforce that to happen.
But we know that the government of Zimbabwe through its leader Emmerson Mnangagwa have never won an election since 1980 up to date, so it came as a way of trying to reduce political players in the coming elections.
More: CITE
