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HARARE, Nov. 29 (Xinhua) – The MDC, Zimbabwe's main alliance, held a protest in the capital Harare to protest the worsening economic situation and called for a political dialogue to resolve the situation. crisis.
The leader of the party, Nelson Chamisa, participated in the march during which the party presented a petition to parliament.
In his speech to supporters after the march, Chamisa said that the party had submitted to parliament a petition detailing its demands for political dialogue with President Emmerson Mnangagwa in order to propose a "national transition mechanism" that would move the country forward.
Chamisa lost to Mnangagwa in the July presidential election, but he and his party refused to accept Mnangagwa 's victory.
He stated that his party had submitted the petition to Parliament because he considered it a legitimate institution, insofar as it did not contest the results of the parliamentary elections in which the ruling party, ZANU-PF, had obtained a two-thirds majority.
Chamisa said the petition would also be submitted to Mnangagwa, Chief Justice Luke Malaba, to the Southern African Development Community and the African Union.
"We say that we need a dialogue in this country to resolve the political and economic crisis we are facing, we want a political dialogue to resolve a comprehensive reform agenda," he said.
Among other things, the MDC Alliance calls for electoral, political and economic reforms, national reconciliation, devolution of power to the provinces, job creation, payment of workers' wages in US dollars and a collective approach to international re-engagement.
"We are asking for and proposing the establishment of a national transitional authority to oversee the transition as the country undertakes the agreed reforms," read part of the petition.
However, some of the party's demands are already being implemented by the government, such as devolution, international re-engagement, healing and national reconciliation.
The government has also made significant progress in creating jobs. The Permanent Secretary of the Ministry of Information, Nick Mangwana, said that 800,000 jobs had been created since the coming to power of Mnangagwa.
This is the second demonstration of the party since the elections in the country in July. The first demonstration, held on August 1, became violent and resulted in the death of six people and material damage.
An investigation commission appointed by Mnangagwa to investigate the deadly demonstrations has concluded the gathering of oral evidence from the public this week and a report on its findings is expected to be made public soon.
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