Civic society organisations hail coalition plans

CIVIC society organisations under the banner of Crisis in Zimbabwe Coalition (CiZC) have hailed opposition parties’ move to forge an alliance that will see them fielding one candidate to challenge President Robert Mugabe in next year’s elections.

Addressing journalists in Bulawayo at the weekend, CiZC spokesperson, Dumisani Nkomo said: “Opposition parties have realised that their votes were fragmented by having many parties fighting Mugabe, yet they could be stronger, as one unit, the ruling party was using that against the opposition. It is in every opposition party’s best interest to form an alliance with others and field a single candidate next year.”

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