By Senior Political Reporter
Constitutional law expert and leader of National Constitutional Assembly (NCA), Professor Lovemore Madhuku has said that those who wish to dialogue with the Government should only do so under the Political Actors Dialogue (POLAD) platform.
Speaking during a press conference yesterday, Prof Madhuku said the country is not partitioned into two halves and he further dismissed manoeuvres by other bogus organizations who want the MDC Alliance to dialogue with President Mnangagwa outside POLAD.
“Regarding political dialogue, our position as NCA is that, if you are a political party go to POLAD. POLAD is the only platform for political actors. If you want to go and negotiate for power and so forth there is no place for that in this country. This country is not partitioned between two political parties,” said Prof Madhuku.
Professor Madhuku further said there can be other platforms to discuss other issues that are not political.
“But if you are not a political actor like a political party, we support an all-stakeholders’ platform, where we can have continuous discussion, but that relates to those who are not political parties,” said Prof Madhuku.
Meanwhile, the MDC T has moved a gear up in preparation for a dialogue with Government and has since appointed a six member committee led by that party’s national chairman Morgan Komichi to lay the ground work for the dialogue.
Recently, the MDC Alliance Vice President, Tendai Biti in an interview with Hearts and Soul said his party is ready for dialogue and they want dialogue because the people of Zimbabwe demands that. However, the MDC Alliance is demanding dialogue outside Polad, a move that has been criticised by Professor Madhuku.
Soon after the 2018 elections, President Mnangagwa called all presidential contestants to come to the table and brainstorm on how the country could be developed.
Most of the 2018 presidential candidates joined the Political Actors Dialogue (Polad), save for Chamisa who still lie that he had won the 2018 presidential elections, an assertion that has since been dismissed by the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (ZEC) and the Constitutional Court.
