The MDC dismisses the malicious fabrications by The Herald that it has backtracked from pulling out of the inclusive government.
While it has always been the perennial mandate and agenda of The Herald to misdirect and mislead the nation, this time it has chosen to successfully mislead and misdirect itself.
The Herald cannot prematurely comment on a consultative process that is still on-going. In keeping with our tradition that the people are our compass, the MDC national council resolved on 13 September 2009 in Bulawayo, that the party would consult and engage its structures and the people of Zimbabwe within a specified period to ascertain the sustainability and worthiness of the inclusive government as a vehicle for real change and democracy in Zimbabwe.
It is thus not a simple matter of whether the party should pull out of the inclusive government or not, but a broad consultative process to update the people on the successes and challenges of the inclusive government so that Zimbabweans remain informed of national developments.
The MDC is still seized with this consultative process of engaging the people and has not even gone half-way through the consultative and feed-back programmes. It is thus mischievous and premature for The Herald to seek to prejudge an on-going process which if completed should be tabled before the national council for endorsement. The process is different from the outcome. The Herald has simply mistaken the pregnancy for the baby.
The outcome of the national consultative process will be announced at the relevant time when the length and breadth of the country has been exhaustively consulted and their views tabled before the relevant party organs and institutions. Preliminary indications cannot be used to prejudge a process that has yet to be completed.
The MDC is a party of excellence. The people of Zimbabwe want hope, dignity, freedom, security and prosperity. Together to the end, marching to a new Zimbabwe.
