2 000 vie for CCC Parly seats
A RECORD of 2 000 candidates are set to slug it out for the opposition Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) party’s parliamentary tickets in this year’s general election, NewsDay reported.
This came out during the party’s candidates nomination exercise where 30 000 candidates were also nominated to fight for local authority seats.
The CCC began nominating its candidates last week, with an independent candidate selection panel (ICSP) led by human rights campaigner Rashid Mahiya overseeing the process.
Addressing journalists in Harare yeasterday, the party’s ICSP spokesperson Shepard Ngandu said the candidate selection process received overwhelming support with the nominees now undergoing a vetting process.