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This is something the Cabal propagandists will not show you. A stellar moment - one that will echo in eternity - of Hon. Edwin Mushoriwa Edwin Mushoriwa-Dzivaresekwa MP defending & upholding the dignity and sovereignty of our people. Instead, they will show you and celebrate the clown Susan, because under the Cabal's leadership, Zimbabwe has become a circus. Alas, those of us who have served with honour, loyalty, and respect have no problem taking off our hats to any truth and idea that pursues a better and brighter future for our people. What Hon. Mushoriwa has done here is commendable. It puts the Cabal to shame - if it still had any shame left, it would not show its face anywhere pushing for #CAB3. He stood & spoke of sovereignty - not as an abstraction, but as the lived reality of the people of Dzivaresekwa who elected him for five years, not seven!!! They gave their consent. He is bound by it. To extend that term without returning to them is not governance. It is theft by calendar!!! This is the core of constitutionalism: that the people are the source of all authority, and what they have not given, no parliament may take. The Cabal has forgotten this. Mushoriwa reminded the nation!!! He spoke of the Constitution as a shield - a document designed to limit politicians, not liberate them. The 2013 Constitution was a covenant. The people voted for it. They secured it with their hopes. And now the very politicians it was written to restrain are trying to rewrite it for their own perpetuation. That is not amendment. That is betrayal. Mushoriwa called it what it is: politicians limiting the Constitution instead of the Constitution limiting politicians. He spoke of accountability - the radical, dangerous, revolutionary idea that those who govern must answer to those who are governed. That elections are not inconvenient interruptions to development. They are the mechanism by which the people periodically renew or withdraw their trust. To cancel them is to cancel the people!!! To extend a term without consent is to declare that the people's voice is no longer required. Mushoriwa refused to endorse that declaration. And he spoke of the quiet tragedy at the centre of this coup - that the President, after 45 years of public service, may not want more years. It is the parliamentarians who have become the criminals surrounding him. The bought. The bribed. The Fortuner-driven. The envelope-collecting. They are the ones driving this. They are the ones who need the extension because they fear the voters they will face in 2028. The President is surrounded. Not by enemies. By courtiers!!! This is the politics the people deserve. Not the circus of the bought and the bribed. Not the spectacle of a legislator praising an interchange as though it were a constitutional argument. Principle. Sovereignty. Accountability. The Constitution as a shield, not a weapon. A parliamentarian who remembers who sent him and for how long. The Cabal will not show you this speech. It will bury it under empty press statements and misinformation narraitves!!! But the archive has it. The people have it. And history will remember who stood and who knelt!!!👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾

This is something the Cabal propagandists will not show you. A stellar moment - one that will echo in eternity - of Hon. Edwin Mushoriwa Edwin Mushoriwa-Dzivaresekwa MP defending & upholding the dignity and sovereignty of our people. Instead, they will show you and celebrate the clown Susan, because under the Cabal's leadership, Zimbabwe has become a circus. Alas, those of us who have served with honour, loyalty, and respect have no problem taking off our hats to any truth and idea that pursues a better and brighter future for our people. What Hon. Mushoriwa has done here is commendable. It puts the Cabal to shame - if it still had any shame left, it would not show its face anywhere pushing for #CAB3. He stood & spoke of sovereignty - not as an abstraction, but as the lived reality of the people of Dzivaresekwa who elected him for five years, not seven!!! They gave their consent. He is bound by it. To extend that term without returning to them is not governance. It is theft by calendar!!! This is the core of constitutionalism: that the people are the source of all authority, and what they have not given, no parliament may take. The Cabal has forgotten this. Mushoriwa reminded the nation!!! He spoke of the Constitution as a shield - a document designed to limit politicians, not liberate them. The 2013 Constitution was a covenant. The people voted for it. They secured it with their hopes. And now the very politicians it was written to restrain are trying to rewrite it for their own perpetuation. That is not amendment. That is betrayal. Mushoriwa called it what it is: politicians limiting the Constitution instead of the Constitution limiting politicians. He spoke of accountability - the radical, dangerous, revolutionary idea that those who govern must answer to those who are governed. That elections are not inconvenient interruptions to development. They are the mechanism by which the people periodically renew or withdraw their trust. To cancel them is to cancel the people!!! To extend a term without consent is to declare that the people's voice is no longer required. Mushoriwa refused to endorse that declaration. And he spoke of the quiet tragedy at the centre of this coup - that the President, after 45 years of public service, may not want more years. It is the parliamentarians who have become the criminals surrounding him. The bought. The bribed. The Fortuner-driven. The envelope-collecting. They are the ones driving this. They are the ones who need the extension because they fear the voters they will face in 2028. The President is surrounded. Not by enemies. By courtiers!!! This is the politics the people deserve. Not the circus of the bought and the bribed. Not the spectacle of a legislator praising an interchange as though it were a constitutional argument. Principle. Sovereignty. Accountability. The Constitution as a shield, not a weapon. A parliamentarian who remembers who sent him and for how long. The Cabal will not show you this speech. It will bury it under empty press statements and misinformation narraitves!!! But the archive has it. The people have it. And history will remember who stood and who knelt!!!👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾

ZVAMAINGA MUHONDO

16,441 views • 2 months ago

They signed it. Amendment Bill No. 3 is law now, and the thing we said would happen has happened, in the quiet, procedural way these things always happen. No drama. A signature. The machinery moved exactly as it was built to move. Understand what was actually done here. This was a conversion of a term limit from a constitutional guarantee into a negotiable inconvenience. Section 328 was meant to be the lock on the door. They have shown us the lock was only ever as strong as the willingness of the people holding the keys to respect it. There will be those who tell you this is legal. They will be technically correct and entirely beside the point. Legality is not the same as legitimacy. A process can follow every step and still hollow out the thing it claims to protect. The Constitution was amended by the exact people the Constitution was written to restrain. That is not the rule of law. That is the rule of whoever holds the pen. I want to be careful about despair, because despair is the goal. A population that believes nothing can change is a population that has agreed to be governed without consent. So let me say the useful thing instead of the bitter one. Constitutions are not defended in the moment they are broken. They are defended in the long years afterward, by people who refuse to accept that the breaking was normal. The record matters. Who voted. Who signed. Who stayed silent. Who said, plainly and for the record, that this was wrong. History is not written by the people who hold the pen today. It is written by the people who kept count. Keep count.

They signed it. Amendment Bill No. 3 is law now, and the thing we said would happen has happened, in the quiet, procedural way these things always happen. No drama. A signature. The machinery moved exactly as it was built to move. Understand what was actually done here. This was a conversion of a term limit from a constitutional guarantee into a negotiable inconvenience. Section 328 was meant to be the lock on the door. They have shown us the lock was only ever as strong as the willingness of the people holding the keys to respect it. There will be those who tell you this is legal. They will be technically correct and entirely beside the point. Legality is not the same as legitimacy. A process can follow every step and still hollow out the thing it claims to protect. The Constitution was amended by the exact people the Constitution was written to restrain. That is not the rule of law. That is the rule of whoever holds the pen. I want to be careful about despair, because despair is the goal. A population that believes nothing can change is a population that has agreed to be governed without consent. So let me say the useful thing instead of the bitter one. Constitutions are not defended in the moment they are broken. They are defended in the long years afterward, by people who refuse to accept that the breaking was normal. The record matters. Who voted. Who signed. Who stayed silent. Who said, plainly and for the record, that this was wrong. History is not written by the people who hold the pen today. It is written by the people who kept count. Keep count.

Tawonga Kurewa

10,243 views • 1 month ago

I note Prime Minister Andrew Holness’s remarks in a TV interview this morning. Neither he nor his Party has made those proposals as part of the process of constitutional reform. His proposals are therefore not in the report of the Constitutional Reform Committee, and will not be in the new Constitution coming out of that process. Furthermore, Mr. Holness’s proposals are not in the existing Constitution, and would violate the existing Constitution. This is in keeping with his and his Government’s unfortunate history of past violations of the Constitution of Jamaica. It seems that the Prime Minister wants to make up a rule which is not part of the Constitution or laws of Jamaica, to suit his Party’s political fortune at a time when it is waning. He has no power and no authority to do that. He needs to tell the country why his statutory declarations to the Integrity Commission cannot be certified. I am compliant with the Constitution and laws of Jamaica, and I undertake to the People of Jamaica that I will continue to be so.

I note Prime Minister Andrew Holness’s remarks in a TV interview this morning. Neither he nor his Party has made those proposals as part of the process of constitutional reform. His proposals are therefore not in the report of the Constitutional Reform Committee, and will not be in the new Constitution coming out of that process. Furthermore, Mr. Holness’s proposals are not in the existing Constitution, and would violate the existing Constitution. This is in keeping with his and his Government’s unfortunate history of past violations of the Constitution of Jamaica. It seems that the Prime Minister wants to make up a rule which is not part of the Constitution or laws of Jamaica, to suit his Party’s political fortune at a time when it is waning. He has no power and no authority to do that. He needs to tell the country why his statutory declarations to the Integrity Commission cannot be certified. I am compliant with the Constitution and laws of Jamaica, and I undertake to the People of Jamaica that I will continue to be so.

Mark J. Golding

32,129 views • 2 years ago

If the Iranian regime could, it would murder every person in the room, rape every woman in it, and slaughter their children and grandchildren. According to him, the regime would do this to anyone who is Jewish, Christian, or simply not one of its people. -Mark Levin.

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Eli Afriat 🇮🇱

13,478 views • 1 month ago

Democracy requires responsibility. It is the President's responsibility to serve the people. It is the people's responsibility to elect leaders who will defend the constitution, and not seize power. Voting for Kamala Harris is our responsibility to America.

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The Lincoln Project

269,420 views • 1 year ago

#WATCH | Delhi: BJP MP Deepak Prakash says, "Those who today swear by the Constitution, carry the book of the Constitution and do politics in the name of the Constitution, the very same Congress people, the very same government was the one that murdered the Constitution in 1975. At that time, citizens were deprived of their rights, democratic institutions were murdered, and during that period, many political parties and people fought against the Emergency to save the Constitution. The Congress government imprisoned and tortured lakhs of people inside jails, therefore Congress should not talk about democracy or the Constitution... Whenever Congress comes to power, it murders democracy and eliminates constitutional institutions."

#WATCH | Delhi: BJP MP Deepak Prakash says, "Those who today swear by the Constitution, carry the book of the Constitution and do politics in the name of the Constitution, the very same Congress people, the very same government was the one that murdered the Constitution in 1975. At that time, citizens were deprived of their rights, democratic institutions were murdered, and during that period, many political parties and people fought against the Emergency to save the Constitution. The Congress government imprisoned and tortured lakhs of people inside jails, therefore Congress should not talk about democracy or the Constitution... Whenever Congress comes to power, it murders democracy and eliminates constitutional institutions."

ANI

32,994 views • 1 month ago

BREAKING: IRAN FM ARAGHCHI CONFIRMS 14 POINT MOU: "We set in motion a process that is now drawing close to its end. The result is a fourteen-point memorandum of understanding… it has not yet been signed, and until the very last moment things may still shift. Once it is done, I will come and explain every point to the people."

BREAKING: IRAN FM ARAGHCHI CONFIRMS 14 POINT MOU: "We set in motion a process that is now drawing close to its end. The result is a fourteen-point memorandum of understanding… it has not yet been signed, and until the very last moment things may still shift. Once it is done, I will come and explain every point to the people."

Sulaiman Ahmed

114,164 views • 2 months ago

Reform UK has a clear mandate to deliver in Local Government. Anybody that seeks to deliberately resist and obstruct the democratic will of the people - are - THE BLOB. We will not tolerate it. The British people will not tolerate it. 🇬🇧

Reform UK has a clear mandate to deliver in Local Government. Anybody that seeks to deliberately resist and obstruct the democratic will of the people - are - THE BLOB. We will not tolerate it. The British people will not tolerate it. 🇬🇧

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48,461 views • 1 year ago

In the last press conference, it was asked what to do when the democratic structure is not working. What we are doing is making it absolutely clear to the people of India what has happened. We are informing the people that the Prime Minister and the Home Minister are not legitimately in government. Similarly, the CM of Haryana is not legitimately in government because it has been stolen. It's the same with the government of Maharashtra. India's Gen Z and the youth have the power to restore democracy with Satya and Ahimsa—by expressing their desire for a democratic India, by fighting for a democratic India and by resisting this wholesale theft and murder of the Constitution and democracy. : LoP Shri Rahul Gandhi 📍Delhi

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Congress

10,902 views • 9 months ago

Rachel Maddow is spot on. This is not about what Trump is doing, but rather what will the American people do in response to what he’s doing. He governs (if you can call it that) by consent. The big question is do the American people consent? It’s the answer to this question that will decide the future of the United States. 🎥 TikTok -

Rachel Maddow is spot on. This is not about what Trump is doing, but rather what will the American people do in response to what he’s doing. He governs (if you can call it that) by consent. The big question is do the American people consent? It’s the answer to this question that will decide the future of the United States. 🎥 TikTok -

𝔗𝔯𝔲𝔱𝔥 𝔐𝔞𝔱𝔱𝔢𝔯𝔰

110,696 views • 1 year ago

#WATCH | Moradabad | On the resignation of Union Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan, AIMIM MP Asaduddin Owaisi says, "...It is the result of the struggle and sacrifices of all those young people, and I congratulate them. The change that has occurred today shows that if the Modi government believes it can do whatever it wants, whether it is demolishing homes with bulldozers or suppressing anyone, then this movement has sent a clear message that dictatorship will no longer be tolerated. If democracy is to function, it must operate within the framework of the Constitution drafted by Babasaheb Ambedkar. We hope that, in the future, there will be no paper leaks in any state or in any national examination in our country..."

#WATCH | Moradabad | On the resignation of Union Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan, AIMIM MP Asaduddin Owaisi says, "...It is the result of the struggle and sacrifices of all those young people, and I congratulate them. The change that has occurred today shows that if the Modi government believes it can do whatever it wants, whether it is demolishing homes with bulldozers or suppressing anyone, then this movement has sent a clear message that dictatorship will no longer be tolerated. If democracy is to function, it must operate within the framework of the Constitution drafted by Babasaheb Ambedkar. We hope that, in the future, there will be no paper leaks in any state or in any national examination in our country..."

ANI

39,395 views • 20 days ago

When you learn the fundamental law it is important to get in front of your government servants in the presence of the people to teach both the people and your servants that the people have all the power , that your trustees are there to benefit the people , to tell them where they are falling in danger of maladministration, what the law is and how to correct it. It is in exercising your power and right that brings forth a paradigm shift like none you’ve seen before. Doing this flips your local state and federal government back to the people as the people learn and start joining you in speaking the law. It becomes no longer about complaining about the issues but using your power and authority as it is written to correct and bring the change necessary to secure our republic for yourself and for the common good of all. This is not only our right but our duty to teach our trustees what their job is. Many say they won’t listen or live in fear of what they may do, but as you can see here I spoke in front of police officers and our trustees and I was not detained or restrained from standing on my authority. I also was not called a sovereign citizen and the outcome of getting the people to stand with me in signing those notices and serving them made our county board do right by the people and not pass the mandate. There’s a reason Ben Franklin said “ a republic if you can keep it”. He was saying it’s on the people to maintain what they secured for you. The people need to show back up and run their nation the way our founders laid out in all 51 constitution they penned. Everyone is searching for remedy but most don’t look in the 50 state constitutions that expressly declared our power authority and rights. Your remedy is there, the only question is will you use it? If you want to learn how to stand learn from my teacher DavidJose who is the best in the nation and has given the people victory teach line by line precept upon precept. Let’s go get our nation back!

When you learn the fundamental law it is important to get in front of your government servants in the presence of the people to teach both the people and your servants that the people have all the power , that your trustees are there to benefit the people , to tell them where they are falling in danger of maladministration, what the law is and how to correct it. It is in exercising your power and right that brings forth a paradigm shift like none you’ve seen before. Doing this flips your local state and federal government back to the people as the people learn and start joining you in speaking the law. It becomes no longer about complaining about the issues but using your power and authority as it is written to correct and bring the change necessary to secure our republic for yourself and for the common good of all. This is not only our right but our duty to teach our trustees what their job is. Many say they won’t listen or live in fear of what they may do, but as you can see here I spoke in front of police officers and our trustees and I was not detained or restrained from standing on my authority. I also was not called a sovereign citizen and the outcome of getting the people to stand with me in signing those notices and serving them made our county board do right by the people and not pass the mandate. There’s a reason Ben Franklin said “ a republic if you can keep it”. He was saying it’s on the people to maintain what they secured for you. The people need to show back up and run their nation the way our founders laid out in all 51 constitution they penned. Everyone is searching for remedy but most don’t look in the 50 state constitutions that expressly declared our power authority and rights. Your remedy is there, the only question is will you use it? If you want to learn how to stand learn from my teacher DavidJose who is the best in the nation and has given the people victory teach line by line precept upon precept. Let’s go get our nation back!

Summer Cook

22,486 views • 2 years ago

"Every Saint should know the names of their dead. Not just the famous ones. The unfamous ones. The great-grandmother whose maiden name has been forgotten. The uncle who died of pneumonia in a country no one in your family has visited in three generations. The cousin whose temple work was done by a distant relative who never knew them. These are your people. They are watching. They are interested. They are praying that someone will remember. FamilySearch is not a hobby. It is a sacrament. Every name you find is a person delivered from the obscurity of forgetting. Every ordinance performed is a door opened between worlds. We have made it convenient. Perhaps too convenient, so that we underestimate what we are doing in the temple but the doctrine is unchanged. Elijah came. The hearts of the children must turn to the fathers, or the whole earth will be smitten with a curse. That curse is, among other things, the curse of being unmoored, of belonging to no one, of having no idea who you are because you have no idea who you came from. Reverse it. Sit down with a name. Find them. Take them to the temple. You will not understand until you do it what is actually happening in those rooms."

"Every Saint should know the names of their dead. Not just the famous ones. The unfamous ones. The great-grandmother whose maiden name has been forgotten. The uncle who died of pneumonia in a country no one in your family has visited in three generations. The cousin whose temple work was done by a distant relative who never knew them. These are your people. They are watching. They are interested. They are praying that someone will remember. FamilySearch is not a hobby. It is a sacrament. Every name you find is a person delivered from the obscurity of forgetting. Every ordinance performed is a door opened between worlds. We have made it convenient. Perhaps too convenient, so that we underestimate what we are doing in the temple but the doctrine is unchanged. Elijah came. The hearts of the children must turn to the fathers, or the whole earth will be smitten with a curse. That curse is, among other things, the curse of being unmoored, of belonging to no one, of having no idea who you are because you have no idea who you came from. Reverse it. Sit down with a name. Find them. Take them to the temple. You will not understand until you do it what is actually happening in those rooms."

Kirk Rollins

18,229 views • 1 month ago

In 2002, Kenyans stood up and declared that the era of President Daniel arap Moi had come to an end. The political establishment was powerful, the state machinery was intact, but the people were stronger. The people won. In 2027, Kenya faces another defining moment. This is not about politicians. It is not about tribes. It is not about personalities. It is about the sovereign will of the people. When citizens unite behind a common cause, no amount of power, money, propaganda, or intimidation can stand in their way. Governments derive their authority from the people, and when the people decide it is time for change, change becomes inevitable. 2002 was a Moi Must Go moment. 2027 will be remembered as a moment when Kenyans once again demonstrated that ultimate power belongs to the people. The people are supreme. The people are the employers. The people are the final authority. And when the people speak with one voice, history listens.

In 2002, Kenyans stood up and declared that the era of President Daniel arap Moi had come to an end. The political establishment was powerful, the state machinery was intact, but the people were stronger. The people won. In 2027, Kenya faces another defining moment. This is not about politicians. It is not about tribes. It is not about personalities. It is about the sovereign will of the people. When citizens unite behind a common cause, no amount of power, money, propaganda, or intimidation can stand in their way. Governments derive their authority from the people, and when the people decide it is time for change, change becomes inevitable. 2002 was a Moi Must Go moment. 2027 will be remembered as a moment when Kenyans once again demonstrated that ultimate power belongs to the people. The people are supreme. The people are the employers. The people are the final authority. And when the people speak with one voice, history listens.

𝙋𝘼𝙐𝙇. 𝐎. 𝐍𝐄𝐊𝐎

24,317 views • 1 month ago

“The future is female…” Ummm without men, we will cease to exist… “Death and life are in the power of the tongue, and those who love it will eat its fruit” Proverbs 18:21

“The future is female…” Ummm without men, we will cease to exist… “Death and life are in the power of the tongue, and those who love it will eat its fruit” Proverbs 18:21

Millicent Sedra

16,127 views • 5 months ago

🇨🇦 THIS IS OUR MOMENT — CANADA MUST RISE This is not the country our parents built. A nation once defined by strength, fairness, hard work, and sovereignty has been hollowed out from the inside. Decisions that shape our lives are no longer made by Canadians — but by bureaucrats, global institutions, and political elites who will never face the consequences of their failures. You work harder. You earn less. You pay more. You get less back. Housing is broken. Healthcare is collapsing. Taxes are crushing families. Communities are changing without consent. And every time Canadians speak up, they’re told to sit down, comply, and accept it. That is not democracy. That is management. A country is not a flag or a slogan — it is a social contract. And that contract has been broken. From the Atlantic to the Prairies, from the North to the West, Canadians are asking the same question: Why are we being governed against our will? Why should provinces rich in resources remain shackled to policies that punish productivity? Why should regions with distinct values, economies, and cultures be forced into one failing centralized system? Independence is not division. It is accountability. It is self-government. It is the right of free people to choose their future instead of having it dictated to them. Nations around the world are rediscovering a truth Canada has forgotten: You cannot fix a broken system by begging it to reform itself. Real change begins when people remember who they are. Canada doesn’t need more control. It needs courage. And courage begins the moment people stop asking for permission. The future will not be given. It will be taken — peacefully, lawfully, and by the will of the people. The question is no longer if Canadians will demand it. It’s when.

🇨🇦 THIS IS OUR MOMENT — CANADA MUST RISE This is not the country our parents built. A nation once defined by strength, fairness, hard work, and sovereignty has been hollowed out from the inside. Decisions that shape our lives are no longer made by Canadians — but by bureaucrats, global institutions, and political elites who will never face the consequences of their failures. You work harder. You earn less. You pay more. You get less back. Housing is broken. Healthcare is collapsing. Taxes are crushing families. Communities are changing without consent. And every time Canadians speak up, they’re told to sit down, comply, and accept it. That is not democracy. That is management. A country is not a flag or a slogan — it is a social contract. And that contract has been broken. From the Atlantic to the Prairies, from the North to the West, Canadians are asking the same question: Why are we being governed against our will? Why should provinces rich in resources remain shackled to policies that punish productivity? Why should regions with distinct values, economies, and cultures be forced into one failing centralized system? Independence is not division. It is accountability. It is self-government. It is the right of free people to choose their future instead of having it dictated to them. Nations around the world are rediscovering a truth Canada has forgotten: You cannot fix a broken system by begging it to reform itself. Real change begins when people remember who they are. Canada doesn’t need more control. It needs courage. And courage begins the moment people stop asking for permission. The future will not be given. It will be taken — peacefully, lawfully, and by the will of the people. The question is no longer if Canadians will demand it. It’s when.

Jim Ferguson

484,980 views • 6 months ago

Today, at Banga Bhawan in Delhi’s Chanakyapuri, I met victims of the deeply flawed SIR process, families who have lost loved ones and citizens who, despite being alive, have been falsely marked “dead” and erased from the electoral rolls. Their testimonies were heartbreaking. In a democracy, to inflict such suffering on the people, is not just tragic, it is unconscionable. Women, senior citizens, migrant workers, daily wage earners, patients, entire lives have been thrown into chaos by this reckless and inhumane exercise. What is even more alarming is that, without any statutory authority and in violation of the Representation of the People Act, an unprecedented number of micro-observers have been deployed in Bengal to usurp the powers of EROs and AROs. Rules are being rewritten mid-process, technologies misused, and procedures weaponised, all to selectively target Bengal and its people. The BJP has failed to win the trust of the people. It has failed politically. And so it has chosen to hijack a constitutional institution to do what it cannot achieve democratically. But their conspiracies will only strengthen our resolve. We will fight this assault on democracy with every constitutional means at our disposal. We will fight to protect every citizen’s right to vote, to defend Babasaheb Ambedkar’s Constitution, and to uphold the sanctity of free and fair elections.

Today, at Banga Bhawan in Delhi’s Chanakyapuri, I met victims of the deeply flawed SIR process, families who have lost loved ones and citizens who, despite being alive, have been falsely marked “dead” and erased from the electoral rolls. Their testimonies were heartbreaking. In a democracy, to inflict such suffering on the people, is not just tragic, it is unconscionable. Women, senior citizens, migrant workers, daily wage earners, patients, entire lives have been thrown into chaos by this reckless and inhumane exercise. What is even more alarming is that, without any statutory authority and in violation of the Representation of the People Act, an unprecedented number of micro-observers have been deployed in Bengal to usurp the powers of EROs and AROs. Rules are being rewritten mid-process, technologies misused, and procedures weaponised, all to selectively target Bengal and its people. The BJP has failed to win the trust of the people. It has failed politically. And so it has chosen to hijack a constitutional institution to do what it cannot achieve democratically. But their conspiracies will only strengthen our resolve. We will fight this assault on democracy with every constitutional means at our disposal. We will fight to protect every citizen’s right to vote, to defend Babasaheb Ambedkar’s Constitution, and to uphold the sanctity of free and fair elections.

Mamata Banerjee

234,801 views • 6 months ago