All night vigil in protest against senate elections in London

By Tichaona Sibanda
25 November 2005

Pro-democracy activists in the UK will stage an all night vigil outside the Zimbabwe embassy in central London on Friday. The mass action is in solidarity with the civic society in the country who are against Saturday’s senate poll.

Activist Chengetai Mupara said the senate elections are nothing but a grand strategy by Robert Mugabe’s regime to protect its interests.

‘We want to tell the people that as part of the civic society we are totally against the senate elections. We have never supported a constitutional making process through a government initiative, like what happened with the constitutional amendment no 17,’ said Mupara.

Mupara said Zimbabweans, in their quest to have an all inclusive people driven constitution, should stay at home on Saturday in protest.
‘As a first step, the senatorial elections do not provide for that. Why should people care if the election doesn’t give them any food on the table,’ said Mupara.