Law professor Lovemore Madhuku has been at the helm of the National Constitutional Assembly since 2001. He had been vice-president from 1997. Madhuku had to get the constitution of the organisation amended in 2006 to allow him to contest as leader and now he is thinking of turning the organisation into a political party and will probably lead it. There are 55 Wikileaks cables that mention his name. Here they are.
55-MDC threatened to pull out if ZANU-PF sabotaged constitutional process
54-Madhuku believed he would be more effective as an outsider
53-Speaker Moyo on how the constitutional process was supposed to work
52-Groups opposed to new constitution were a minority
51-Tsvangirai and Madhuku failed to reconcile over new constitution
49-Madhuku said there was no way the US would change its policies overnight
48-US embassy urged Madhuku to invite others to join his protests
47-Gono pre-empts protest march
46-Civil society wanted transitional government not GNU
45-Tsvangirai threatened to pull out
44-Dell promised to assist opposition trip to US
43-Mutambara said Mugabe had betrayed the liberation struggle
42-US embassy monitors government actions during funeral of MDC activist
41-Madhuku had no funds to bus people for demonstrations
40-Madhuku was stopped from demonstrating
39-Madhuku was critical of constitution making process from word go
38-Madhuku warned that violence by police could backfire
37-Mutambara said opposition was united to drive out Mugabe
36-Funeral of MDC activist postponed because leaders were in hospital
35-Police brutally disrupted prayer meeting
34-Rift in ZANU-PF led to a lot of speculation
33-Madhuku survived arson attack
32-Dell said time was on the democratic forces’ side
31-Madhuku is not a saint either
30-Madhuku spearheaded one-man-one-vote at the Tsvangirai congress
29-Madhuku said Mnangagwa wanted Mujuru to succeed Mugabe!
28-Are Madhuku and Mutambara close?
26-Bishops promised never to have centralised autocracy of Mugabeism
25-People more interested in economic issues than constitutional reform
24-Police took ZCTU more seriously than NCA
23-Ambassador said Madhuku overstates size of his events
22-Dell wondered whether NCA and MDC could get more people on the streets
21-An apology from Tsvangirai could have prevented MDC split
20-Madhuku optimistic, allies sceptical
19-Madhuku hailed stay-away as a success
18-Madhuku masterminded Broad Alliance
17-Madhuku predicted that MDC would not win more than 50 seats in 2005
16-MP warned that MDC could be like ZANU-PF if it came to power
15-Tsvangirai cancelled trip to Washington to avoid being labelled Bush’s boy
14-Coltart faced a fine of 40 cents
13-Dell said effectiveness of NCA demonstrations was questionable
11-Madhuku said Tsvangirai and Ncube often differed
10-Madhuku asked Tsvangirai what’s the point of contesting elections?
9-Madhuku said 80 percent of NCA marchers had left the country
8-Madhuku beaten up but refused to go to hospital
7-Chinamasa said USA had lost credibility as an honest broker
6-Madhuku arrested ahead of planned march
5-Mtetwa said police changed charge of NCA demonstrators
4-Madhuku was among the demonstrators arrested
3-Did MDC plan bombings or was it a hoax?
2-Madhuku on why the NCA-ZCTU stay-away flopped
1-Demonstrations increased but no impact
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