Zimbabwe Diaspora Vote Initiative Creates GoFundMe to raise funds for Court Case for Diaspora Vote

It
is
our
view
that
Zimbabweans
living
outside
the
country
need
to
be
treated
equally
as
they
all
contribute
to
the
well-being
of
the
country,
whether
they
work
for
the
Government
of
Zimbabwe
or
work
for
businesses
and
institutions
in
their
domiciled
countries.

In
2018,
President
Mnangagwa
told
Zimbabweans
who
he
met
with
on
the
side
lines
of
the
United
Nations
General
Assembly
that
under
his
leadership,
Government
was
going
to
work
to
ensure
Zimbabweans
living
in
the
Diaspora
could
vote
in
2023.
The
following
year,
in
what
many
thought
was
a
move
towards
implementing
the
President’s
pledge,
Justice,
Legal
and
Parliamentary
Affairs
Minister,
Honourable
Ziyambi
Ziyambi
said
Government
was
instituting
research
to
establish
diaspora
voting
patterns
in
other
countries
in
order
to
work
on
the
legislative
changes
that
would
allow
diaspora
voting:

We
want
to
commission
a
study
to
see
how
other
jurisdictions
are
implementing
the

Diaspora
vote
and
hopefully
we
will
be
done
with
that
by
June
2020,”
said
Minister
Ziyambi.

Zimbabwe
Diaspora
Vote
Initiative
Chairperson
Rosewiter
Mangiroza
said
the
situation
was
getting
desperate
and
measurers
had
to
be
taken
to
ensure
that
the
objective
is
achieved.

“We
cannot
continue
to
wait
for
government
do
this
noble
work
at
its
own
pace,
so
we
will
use
all
possible
means
to
lobby
for
the
fulfilment
of
our
voting
rights.
We
have
engaged
legislators
in
the
lobbying
process,
are
prepared
to
discuss
with
the
President
what
challenges
he
has
faced
in
fulfilling
his
2018
promise,
and
have
also
resolved
to
approach
the
courts”,
said
Mangiroza.

To
help
raise
funds
for
the
legal
challenge,
the
development
of
a
Private
Member’s
Bill
and
other
expenses,
the
Zimbabwe
Diaspora
Vote
Initiative
has
created
a
GoFundMe
account
to
mobilise
resources.

“We
are
appealing
to
all
progressive
forces
to
support
us
in
this
endeavour”,
said
Fundraising
Coordinator
Frank
Chikowore.

Well-wishers
can
support
through
the
GoFundMe
on
the
link

Fundraiser
by
Frank
Chikowore
:

Urgent
Appeal:
Zimbabweans
are
demanding
their
right
to
vote

The
Zimbabwe
Diaspora
Vote
Initiative
is
a
non-partisan,
not-for-profit
organisation
bringing
together
Zimbabweans
who
are
interested
in
exercising
their
constitutional
right
to
vote.
It
is
registered
in
Australia,
and
hopes
to
register
in
other
parts
of
the
world.

For
further
information
about
the
Zimbabwe
Diaspora
Vote
Initiative
or
the
GoFundMe
project,
contact
any
one
of
the
following:

1. Rosewiter
   Mangirosza,
   Chairperson
   +61
   481
   262
   557
2. Padmore
   Kufa,
   Spokesperson
   +61
   414
   477
   659
3. Frank
   Chikowore,
   Fundraiser
   +61
   410
   945
   261

Reference

Minister
Ziyambi
Ziyambi
on
preparations
for
Diaspora
Vote.
See
link:

 Zimbabwe
Government

considers
diaspora
vote

–

FurtherAfrica

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