 Can you please tell us a little bit more about where you come from and maybe also a little bit about this Movement for democratic change here in Zimbabwe. Oh, thank you so much. It's a great pleasure to be here My name is Douglas Monzora. I am the secretary general of the movement for democratic change Which is the main opposition party in Zimbabwe. We are hoping to form the next government I am a lawyer by profession. I I started law at the University of Zimbabwe. I joined the politics in 1988 fighting against the one-party state in Zimbabwe Joined quite a number of political parties for purposes as a young person to fight against the one-party state dictatorship As a result of my fight Against the one-party state. I have been arrested and detained by the authorities a record 34 times Thank god. I'm alive and I am here to tell the story I was lucky enough to be appointed the co-chairperson of the constitution making by the prime minister then Mr. Mokensangrai, who is the president of my party To it was an honor to be asked to write a constitution for your country And when we were doing that project I My eyes were opened To the fact that it is not what I want that matters to everyone And that as as human beings we must be very we must be able to accommodate others There are other interest groups there and when you are doing a constitution It's a basically a concordance of discordant forces within society and That the first important thing as a constitution maker is to put yourself out of the equation And look at society A better view of society and the various interest groups that are there Knowing that each interest is as important to the person who holds it As your interest in something else Um, unfortunately after the crafting of the new constitution which was successful Well before the crafting of the new constitution The finishing of the new constitution the the the the promulgation of the new constitution It was taken to referendum Which was a yes or no vote whether the people of zimbabwe were going to say yes to the constitution Historically zimbabwe has always voted no in a referendum and everybody thought it would be a question of deja vu And if the zimbabwe's were going to vote yes, we were going to make history And counted down to the referendum my colleagues and I Were afraid that history will repeat itself Fortunately for us zimbabwe's voted 95 percent For the constitution and we became the first Group of people to do something which went to a referendum of which the result was positive It was a very humbling experience indeed regrettably, uh, I lost my my my my seat in the ensuing election in 2013 And ever since I I I'm in opposition I rose from being an ordinary card carry member of the of the party Into being the spokesperson of the party in 2011 three years later. I was elected the secretary general of the movement and Right now. I have not gone back to teaching. I am running a small private practice Called the monzereta associates where I've got five partners in the law fair