NDWG not a political party, says Dr Wurayayi Zembe

Zim Now Writer

The National Democratic Working Group, that was launched by former Zengeza West legislator Job Sikhala a few weeks ago, is not a political party and as such is an inclusive movement.

In an interview with Zim Now, NDWG head of Politcal Affairs, Dr Wurayayi Zembe said the movement has already started its work in earnest.

“Zimbabwe needs the people’s word because the country has enormous crises – political, social, economic, you name it. So, we are going out to the people in order to listen to them and this assemblage of citizens are going formulate political answers, economic answers. The answers they are going to give will form the resolutions of the process that will culminate with the holding of a National Democratic People’s Consultative Convention. We are saying the people must own the idea.”

Dr Zembe said they had already started formulating the ward democratic working groups, district democratic working groups, the provincial and the national.

Each constituency, Dr Zembe said, will have a representative in the provincial democratic working group.

“The NDWG is not a political party. On top of the constituency representatives we add members from all the available stakeholders in your area,” he said adding that these stakeholders will include the Church, traditional leadership, vendors, informal sector, residents associations, business, civil servants, trade unions, students, youths and people with disability.

“Diasporans, political parties, war veterans are the other stakeholders.”

The purpose and function of the members of the democratic working group, Dr Zembe said, will be to visit every ward and district to collate the views of the masses of the people through group meetings.

A brainchild of Sikhala and a host of concerned citizens and progressive constituent bodies, the NDWG came out of the realisation that current democratic alternatives have failed to seize the opportunity when it mattered most.