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*National Dialogue Should Involve All Citizens - Churches* *Follow Pindula on WhatsApp for daily new updates* https://whatsapp.com/channel/0029Va84dngJP21B2nWeyM3v?py Zimbabwe Independent reporters (ZI) Tinashe Kairiza and Lisa Tazviinga interviewed the general secretary of the Zimbabwe Council of Churches (ZCC) Reverend Dr Mtata (RM). Below are excerpts from the interview: ---------- Pindula is best experienced with the Android App. *Download APK here:* https://zero.pindula.co.zw/media/apps/apks/pindula23.apk _On Econet, Pindula does NOT use your data_ ---------- > ZI: We ask this question because there have been suggestions that this national dialogue process should not encompass other stakeholders but should rather be confined to the MDC-Alliance and Zanu PF. Is that your view as well? > RM: That is a misreading of things. Actually, there is what we call a political settlement — it is between those who are contesting what happened, and we are not part of this. There is a comprehensive broad-based national dialogue, this is our interest. > The former contributes to the latter but we cannot be held to ransom by disagreements at a political level. For example, we are not asking questions about the legitimacy of the President, it’s not our question, but it’s a question that politicians are asking among themselves. > What we don’t want in this national dialogue process is to fuse individual interest groups to shape the whole agenda of the dialogue. > For example, the process that the President is having now with political leaders, it is relevant and important, but for us, it is not the national dialogue. > The national dialogue is bigger, and it involves more actors and it asks all citizens to participate. > It is not an elite process. It is a process that must encompass everyone and, therefore, it raises the broader question, not the specific questions that are being raised at these conversations. *More: Zimbabwe Independent* itel A50 now available on Pindula at $84 64GB storage, 2GB RAM. _ideal for light usage_ _If you found this article useful_ *Please support Pindula by forwarding to friends and groups*
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