Zanu PF is preoccupied with establishing a Senate while ignoring critical national issues that need attention,

That paradigm shift involves the issue of building a democratic people's resistance movement and other options available democratically and that elections are not just exclusive to the achievement of that objective.

After intense debate and discussion, whereupon the guiding question was whether we compromise with or take on the ZANU-PF dictatorship ... the council resolved to stay out of the ZANU-PF senate project,

We do not want to put people deliberately in harm's way because of the current lack of accountability in government.

We will not be party to any Caesarian operation by South Africa. We are not going to have short-cuts...and force issues on Zimbabweans.

We arrived at the conclusion that the objective conditions do not exist for meaningful discussion because (Mugabe's party) ZANU-PF is embarking on mass retribution against our members in the rural areas.

We are meeting on Saturday and all options (including a strike) are on the table,

We are not happy with the way the electoral playing field has been organized, and I think we all agree on all benchmarks this is not going to be a free and fair election,

The people are now crying for peace and national healing,

We have nothing to show for our independence, except overwhelming poverty.