Stop calling for new polls – ZimEye

Political Reporter- Former Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) president Nelson Chamisa has called for new elections and declared the 2023 elections fraudulent and invalid.

The charismatic leader, Chamisa, insisted that it was premature and irrelevant to discuss the 2028 elections until the 2023 electoral controversy was adequately resolved. “The 2028 elections are not even on the table,” Chamisa stressed. “Talking about the 2028 elections means we already have the 2023 elections. But the 2023 elections are void, they are empty; therefore, they do not exist. Nothing can stand.”

Chamisa acknowledged the challenges but stressed that the fight for electoral fairness must continue. “Just because we face challenges doesn’t mean it’s impossible or unfeasible. We have to keep fighting until we get it. That’s why it’s a struggle. It’s never a walk in the park; it’s not instant coffee or picking pumpkins.”

He criticised those who see the 2028 elections as a solution, stressing the importance of addressing the flaws in the current system. “We have to fix what is broken now,” Chamisa urged, calling for electoral reforms to ensure the emergence of legitimate leaders. “We have to have proper processes to produce proper leaders. People cannot be skeptical about proper electoral and national processes because, ultimately, that is what we have to fight to restore.”

Chamisa used a vivid metaphor to illustrate his point: “If you have a stomachache and diarrhea when you eat, will you walk around saying that eating is bad? No! Eating an inappropriate meal is bad. But don’t condemn eating just because you had a bad meal.”
Chamisa also condemned the continued arrests of opposition activists and pro-democracy campaigners, comparing Zimbabwe to a “jungle”. “What we see is dictatorship. The daily reality of citizens shows the challenges we face every day. Zimbabwe is such a jungle, and being a Zimbabwean is a struggle. You struggle for everything: water, transport, roads, power outages – it’s a nightmare. Repression, arrests, persecutions remind those in power that they have been there for too long. But it also reminds all citizens that those in power are wrong.”

For the first time since the Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) was founded in 1999, Nelson Chamisa is not affiliated with any political party.

He resigned in January from the CCC, a party he helped found more than two years ago, which he said had been “contaminated” and “hijacked” by the ruling ZANU PF.

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