By Kwedu News
The main opposition party in Zimbabwe, the Citizens’ Coalition for Change (CCC) has dumped its disengagement move in protest of what it calls illegal recalls by an imposter, SengezoTshabangu. The party says it will now only monitor if their demands are addressed and will consult with stakeholders, without making a clear course of action, after the lapse of their 14 days of disengagement. “Now that the temporary 14-day disengagement period has ended, we will continue to monitor progress on our key demands, review our action plans as appropriate, and consult further with key stakeholders. “We urge all our deployees to actively address and attend to the issues faced by our citizens. “To that extent, we would like to express our gratitude to all our deployees for their discipline, resilience, fortitude, and dedication to the citizens’ cause,” Ostallos Siziba, who is part of the CCC information department said in a statement.
The disengagement was announced on the 11th of October 2023 where the party’s leaders said all elected CCC Senate, Parliamentary and Local Authorities officials should distance themselves from sittings for a fortnight. Siziba said the disengagement was to demand respect of the people’s votes. “This disengagement is one of the measures we have instituted to demand respect for the peoples votes following the illegal recalls of our MPs, Senators and Councilors by an imposter,” he said. The High Court, Southern African Development Community (SADC), as well as regional and international Parliamentary forums have been engaged, Siziba said, engagements expected to yield positive results. “The High Court will hear the matter of the illegal recalls on an urgent basis on November 2, 2023. “The final report of the SADC Electoral Observer Mission has been submitted and will continue to be discussed within the key institutions of the bloc. “We have also made progress in our engagement with citizens and other key stakeholders regarding the exercise of our right to peaceful protest, as provided for in our constitution, both locally and in the diaspora,” Siziba said. He also thanked party supporters for their ‘support and discipline’ in the face of what he called ‘provocation’.
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