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The Movement for Democratic Change was founded in 1999 as an opposition party to the Zimbabwe African National Union – Patriotic Front (ZANU-PF) party led by President Robert Mugabe. The MDC was formed from members of the broad coalition of civic society groups and individuals that campaigned for a "No" vote in the 2000 constitutional ...
Nelson Chamisa formed Citizens Coalition for Change after losing [16] the squabbles over party name "MDC Alliance". The president of the CCC party presented yellow as the new color and raising the index finger as the new symbol. [17] CCC has no constitution. A way to avoid being bound by its supremacy as it was in MDC.
The South African government said it was monitoring the situation in Zimbabwe and stated with confidence that "measures being taken by the Zimbabwean government will resolve the situation." [43] The South African Federation of Trade Unions condemned both the fuel price increase and the government's use of lethal force against the protesters. [44]
The events of the first and second rounds of the Zimbabwean presidential election, which Robert Mugabe of ZANU-PF won on 27 June 2008 after his challenger, Morgan Tsvangirai of the Movement for Democratic Change (MDC), withdrew from the process and declared it illegitimate, caused reactions from many international bodies.
The Movement for Democratic Change Alliance is an electoral coalition of seven political parties formed to contest Zimbabwe's 2018 general election. [1] After the 2018 election, a dispute arose over the use of the name MDC Alliance leading the MDC Alliance leader Nelson Chamisa to found the Citizens Coalition for Change.
The Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe announced that it had cleared its US$9 million arrears to the International Monetary Fund on 15 February. Arthur Mutambara addressed a Pro-Senate Movement for Democratic Change faction rally in Bulawayo on 18 March. The Movement for Democratic Change's Congress took place in Harare from 18–19 March. Party members ...
The Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) was a Zimbabwean political party organised under the leadership of Morgan Tsvangirai. The MDC was formed in 1999 as an opposition party to President Robert Mugabe 's Zimbabwe African National Union – Patriotic Front (Zanu-PF). [ 2 ]
Despite the MDC–T's objections, the members of Parliament were sworn in on the morning of 25 August. [4] [5] [6] The MDC MPs sat on the government benches and told the ZANU–PF MPs to sit on the opposition benches. [6] Also on 25 August, two MDC–T MPs, Shuwa Mudiwa [5] [6] and Eliah Jembere, [6] were arrested. Mudiwa was released later in ...