MDC Website
28 June 2013
MDC Secretary for Legal Affairs and Education, Arts, Sport and Culture Minister, David Coltart has launched an online campaign ‘David Coltart Campaign 2013’ as he seeks reelection for the Bulawayo East House of Assembly seat.
Coltart joined hundreds of other MDC parliament and council hopefuls who filed their nomination papers countrywide today.
“The MDC asked me to go back to the House of Assembly (from the Senate) because of certain provisions in the new Constitution. House of Assembly seats are elected by means of a Westminister first-past-the-post system whereas the Senate is elected in terms of Proportional Representation based on votes cast in the House of Assembly,†said Coltart.
“Because I won the Khumalo Senatorial seat (which comprises both Bulawayo East and Central) in 2008 the party felt that I should stand in that area again.
Whilst I would have preferred personally to remain in the Senate I understood the logic of the decision and hence agreed to stand in the House of Assembly,†he added.
Coltart admitted that he was under no illusions about the challenge which awaited him considering that the MDC lost the Bulawayo East House of Assembly seatin the 2008 election, adding however that he was confident of a winas he had a superb team to assist him uin his campaign.
“Fortunately I have a superb team which has stepped foward to assist me again and my campaign will begin in earnest this weekened. If any residents of Bulawayo East would like me to address a house meeting or discuss any issue with me, please contact me either through Facebook, Twitter or 0771288558,” Coltart wrote on his Facebook page today.