Tinaani Nyabereka
GWERU-Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) has confirmed its readiness to nominate its candidates who will represent the party in the upcoming harmonized elections today (5 April 2023).
CCC Gweru District Senior official (who preferred anonymity) confirmed the development to TellZim News during a telephone interview.
“We are ready for the nominations which will take place in all the various wards in Gweru. All has been set and we believe people nominate their preferred leadership,” he said.
CCC president Nelson Chamisa last week said his party was abandoning the old primary election candidate selection process for a citizens’ anchored consensus.
“The selection process is called citizenocratic. It is a brand new candidate selection process; it’s fresh. It is novel and it’s modern and places the citizen at the centre of the process. Citizenocracy is government by the citizens. It’s a citizenocratic selection process.
“Citizens want candidates to be selected on merit, integrity, dignity, suitability and accountability. Citizens prefer representatives who are visible, accessible and available.
“These are leaders who regularly report back to constituencies and communities to get instructions and progress on policies and national priorities,” said Chamisa.
CCC National deputy Chairperson Sesel Zvidzai said the process was a milestone towards selecting leaders whom citizens believe will table solutions for the good of the nation.
