Martin Mureri, Masvingo Urban Member of Parliament, has resigned from the Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) party, following the footsteps of Nelson Chamisa, who was the party’s leader. In a statement seen by Pindula News, Mureri expressed his support for Chamisa’s future actions and confirmed his alignment with Chamisa’s vision for democratic change in Zimbabwe. Mureri said:
Dear Masvingo Urban Residents & Stakeholders
In unequivocal terms with clarity and precision, persuaded by the ethos of the democratic trajectory and roadmap for Changing the lives of the people of Zimbabwe , in particular , Masvingo Urban Constituency @nelsonchamisa
At this moment today on the 25th of January in the year Two Thousand and Twenty Four (2024) , I hereby renounce my Citizens Coalition For Change (CCC) membership following the resignation of President Advocate Nelson Chamisa yesterday.
I was elected under the leadership of Pres Chamisa, I was voted by the people of Masvingo Urban with full knowledge that I was a deployee pushing the liberation of Zimbabwe under his able leadership. His departure from the CCC marks the end of my era in the organisation.
I fully associate myself with his vision, I will answer to his clarion call in a renewed Citizens fight against autocracy, state capture, lawfare, and emancipation of our masses
As reiterated by president that he shall be announcing the next steps going forward, I pledge my association with whatever resolution shall be issued. I shall never auction the struggle at the altar of expediency.Adv Mureri Martin MP
Similarly, Fadzayi Mahere, MP for Mt Pleasant, and Takudzwa Ngadziore, a CCC Harare Youth Proportional Representative MP, have also resigned from the CCC.