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\u201cChamisa Blasts \u2018Charade\u2019 Hearings, Says Process Is Rigged and Deceptive\u201d<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n
Tinashe Sambiri\u2013 Citizens leader Advocate Nelson Chamisa has strongly dismissed the ongoing public hearings on the Constitutional Amendment Bill, describing the process as flawed and unrepresentative of the will of the people.<\/p>\n
In a sharply worded statement issued on Wednesday, Chamisa criticized the outreach meetings, arguing that they had deviated from their intended purpose of gathering genuine public input.<\/p>\n
\u201cWhat were supposed to be citizens\u2019 public hearings on the constitutional amendment bill have turned out to be a circus of choreographed, coached, and rehearsed ZANU (PF) slogans and rallies,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
Chamisa further alleged that the process had been manipulated to create an illusion of public support for the proposed amendments.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe \u2018outreach\u2019 has become an \u2018in-reach\u2019 for a ZANU violent circus to reproduce their own contrived voices. This is nothing but a desperate attempt to create manufactured consent and lie that the citizens support this otherwise hugely unpopular Bill,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n
He went on to describe the meetings as chaotic and lacking credibility, claiming they were driven by coercion at local political structures.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe chaotic and shambolic outreach meetings are nothing but ZANU (PF) DCC-coerced gatherings,\u201d Chamisa said.<\/p>\n
Calling for a shift in approach, Chamisa urged Zimbabweans to assert their democratic rights and demand a more legitimate process.<\/p>\n
\u201cCitizens must reclaim their voice, power, and authority to be heard and to matter once more,\u201d he said.
He emphasized that the country\u2019s challenges could only be resolved through a broader constitutional solution, rooted in the will of the people.<\/p>\n
\u201cOnly a constitutional settlement to this constitutional crisis, and a citizen government, is the only credible and bankable solution to the problems affecting Zimbabwe,\u201d Chamisa stated.<\/p>\n
Chamisa also pointed to disputed elections and contested national processes as central to the country\u2019s ongoing crisis.<\/p>\n
\u201cDisputed elections and national processes is the starting point to the resolution of the crisis. We, the citizens, are the answer,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
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