Opposition Movement for Democratic Change (MDC-T) says the attendance of party president Douglas Mwonzora to the Political Actors Dialogue (POLAD)meeting was by invitation from President Emmerson Mnangagwa.
Mwonzora who is on record saying the current POLAD structure lacks people’s mandate since it is stuffed with unelected faces on Friday afternoon attended the dialogue meeting at State House.
Party national spokesperson Witness Dube said Mwonzora had been invited by the President following numerous engagement s between the two.
“At its last but one meeting the National Council resolved that we as MDC will only be part of POLAD under certain conditions. The main condition was that POLAD should create a platform of Political Parties in Parliament.
“Today President ED Mnangagwa invited our MDC President to a POLAD plenary at State House which he said was going to receive the MDC conditions for being part of POLAD. The invitation by President. Mnangagwa is a follow up to the numerous engagements on proposals for dialogue by the MDC,” Dube said
He said the MDC leader had presented the party’s position which will be deliberated by the POLAD principals.
“President Mwonzora presented the Party position to POLAD, and it was resolved that the POLAD principals will deliberate on the MDC position. Professor Madhuku, one of the principals, has already indicated that his party view the MDC proposals favourably and will be canvassing for their adoption as a dialogue roadmap,” he said.
POLAD was formed May 2019 by President Emmerson Mnangagwa, the “political actors” are mainly political parties and candidates who participated and lost in the July 30, 2018 harmonised elections.
Mnangagwa’s main challenger in the 2018 elections Nelson Chamisa who now leads the Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) is not part of POLAD following the disputed elections.
