Following the release of the position of the Platform of Concerned Citizens (PCC), and the launch at the press conference on 27th July at the Media Centre, the members of the PCC have undertaken to engage a variety of stakeholders on the National Transitional Authority.
Here we wish to stress again that this is an initiative of private citizens, as the name suggests, and have done so out of our concern for the parlous state of affairs in the nation. As we made plain in our public pronouncement and in the position paper, the PCC does not claim any ownership of the process. Rather we state very clearly that the NTA must emerge from a national consultation with all political parties, churches, civil society organisations and the citizens as a whole.
For clarity, we also wish to point out that the Convenors of the PCC, Ibbo Mandaza and Tony Reeler, will not take any post in the NTA that emerges.
We re-iterate our concerns about the dangers that are facing the nation, and here events since the meeting on 23rd July 2016 strongly reinforce our views. Without going into detail, the unconstitutional threats against citizens by the Commander of the Army, the harassment of citizens peacefully expressing their opinions, the continuing and unaddressed economic crisis, and the potential for a conflict over trade with South Africa, are matters for the deepest concern by all.
At the meeting held on 13th August 2016, it was agreed that the PCC would facilitate a national consultation of all stakeholders on 15th and 16th September 2016, which will be followed by a regional consultation in South Africa on 22nd and 23rd September 2016. The former will be wholly national in participation, whilst the latter will bring together the task force elected by the national consultation, the Diaspora, and regional and international stakeholders.
- Ibbo Mandaza
- Thoko Matshe
- Temba Dlodlo
- Colleta Chitsike
- Luckson Kandemiiri
- Janah Ncube
- Tony Reeler
- Gift Dzvova
- Reg Austin
- Rudo Gaidzanwa
- Derek Matyszak
- Ray Motsi
- Daniel Ndlela
- Brian Kagoro
- Trevor Ncube
- Brian Raftopolous
- Sabelo Ndlovu-Gatsheni
- Elinor Sisulu
- Judith Todd
- Tendai Murisa
- Shingi Munyeza