Secretary-General Dr Hubert Mpofu said the ruling party, Zanu-PF, is poised to achieve a resounding victory in all six contested National Assembly seats and 28 local authority constituencies in next month’s by-elections.
The country will hold the second batch of by-elections on February 3 after the seats were declared vacant following the recalls that rocked the opposition Citizens Alliance for Change party.
Initially, 15 legislators were recalled by the interim Secretary-General of the disputed CCC, Mr. Singiso Chabangu, leading to the first round of by-elections on 9 December 2023 in which Zanu-PF battled six out of nine contested constituencies.
“We are determined to secure all the National Assembly seats that will be contested in the upcoming by-elections,” the doctor said. “We have prepared and our systems are ready to come to the ground and mobilize the people in our usual pro-people style.” Mpofu in an interview yesterday.
Among the lawmakers recalled to the contested seats next month are; Mr Gift Ostallos Siziba (Pelandaba-Tshabalala in Bulawayo), Mr Amos Chibaya (Mkoba North in Gweru), Mr Stephen Chatiza (Goromonzi West), Mr Tapfumanei Madzimbamuto (Seke), Mr Admore Chivero (Chegutu West), Mr Oliver Mutasa (Zvimba ). east).
After by-elections in December, ZANU-PF now has 184 seats out of 280 members in the National Assembly, just three seats shy of a two-thirds majority.
Dr Mpofu said the necessary mechanisms to ensure a clean sweep were always in place and ready to spread the ground in support of the party candidates.
Cde Joe Tshuma is the ruling party’s candidate for the Pelandaba-Tshabalala constituency in Bulawayo, while Cde Washington Zhanda will run in Goromonzi West, Cde Munyaradzi Tobias Kashambe in Seke, Cde Wellington Shakemore Timburwa in Chegutu West, Cde Kudakwashe Mananzawa Zvimba East and Cde Edgar Ncube. For northern Cuba.
Dr Mpofu said ZANU-PF, as always, had strategies in place in preparation for the by-elections in February with units ready to go on the ground.
“We have strategies and that’s what we always do all the time, we have units that are delegated to each constituency or constituency but they all send the same message, which is that we are determined to win all those seats.
“We are telling our people that ZANU-PF cares about its citizens and it is known to every home in this country. All the other parties are just taking their chance, they have nothing to offer our people and the real party that represents the people is the tried and trusted revolutionary giant,” Dr Mpofu said. Which is called Zanu-PF.”
He said that Zanu-PF is ready to stand against any form of opposition whatever its form or formation because it has defeated the changing colors of opposition formation before.
The Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (ZEC) has allocated US$6 million for the upcoming by-elections, with the electoral body recently telling the Sunday Mail that election preparations are going well.
Chief Electoral Officer Mr. Otuel Silagwana said the training of voter education officers will begin today and continue until Friday while the mobile voter education program will run from January 20 to 24.
Election staff training will be held next Saturday, with precinct election staff scheduled to be trained first, followed by precinct election staff, then polling staff and election agents. Announce
