PYD Press statement on the MDC-T Congress

Platform for Youth Development (PYD) wishes to applaud the good work
by the National Constitutional Assembly (NCA) in presiding over the
Movement for Democratic Change elections at the just ended congress.
NCA and MDC whose friendship date back to the late 90s when the NCA
together with ZCTU and ZINASU formed the then opposition MDC has been
once again shown to be genuine and real. We applaud the NCA for
conducting elections in an open, free and fair manner. We treasure
such unbiased and resolute character exuded by the NCA as a leading
civil society organization in Zimbabwe and appeal to all other
organizations to strive for such excellence. As a member organization
to the NCA, we have a lot to learn from their leadership and conduct
of duties which has always been of distinction.

We congratulate the MDC leadership voted into power at the just ended
congress. We challenge them to be firm and strong and encourage them
to keep the struggle for a democratic Zimbabwe burning. They should
take lessons from their predecessors who selflessly fought with the
then ruling Zanu PF and brought victory in the 2008 harmonized
elections. Such vigor should be their guiding principle as they lead
millions of Zimbabweans in the struggle for democracy.

As a youth organization, we also wish to congratulate the new MDC
Youth Assembly leadership led by Comrade Solomon Madzore for winning
the youth assembly elections. We wish them well in their journey and
challenge them to strive to be democratic in the execution of their
duties. The youths had always been known as the front line of any
movement and the new leadership should take notes from the previous
leadership and build it up from there. We have no doubts that the
elected leadership will steer the revolution and definitely deliver
the Zimbabwe that many young people had been cherishing for years.
They should be exemplary in the conduct of their business and carry
the flame in encouraging good morals in the youths in this age of the
deadly HIV/AIDS.

We hope to work exceptionally well with the new youth leadership the
same way we did with the previous one. We believe we have not reached
our desired destination and thus call upon the new leadership to tie
up their shoes and brace for a hard struggle until we deliver victory
to the youth of Zimbabwe.

Take note that two of our Board members Promise Mkwananzi and Clifford
Hlatywayo are now part of the Youth Executive. We wish them the best
in supporting the objectives of PYD at a national scale.

Inserted by Thomas Madhuku
PYD Information and Communications Department
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