GWERU- Former mayors Josiah Makombe and Angeline Kasipo have been nominated to represent constituencies in the just-ended Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) candidate selection process.
However, the current system where the party is using a citizens’ nomination process is giving the bigwigs a torrid time as Young Turks are emerging to challenge the status quo. The selection process begins with nominations, and selection of candidates will be done through consensus by community members after grassroots members were given the opportunity to choose the leaders they want to represent them in the upcoming elections.
The Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC)’s process for choosing candidates was marred by allegations of violent clashes and candidate imposition. Nominations were reportedly completely abandoned in Beitbridge West and a number of other wards in the district. Parliament and Council hopefuls accused presiding officers of conducting the exercise at secretive venues unbeknown to other candidates.
Citizen Coalition for Change (CCC) leader Nelson Chamisa has reacted to MDC leader Douglas Mwonzora’s Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (ZEC) delimitation challenge saying it is a ploy by the Zanu PF leader President Emmerson Mnangagwa to avoid elections.
Job Sikhala Junior, the son of incarcerated opposition Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) legislator Job Sikhala wants to run for MP in his father's constituency, Zengeza West.
