Whereas we the people of Zimbabwe are an African nation with a long, proud history and cultural heritage; and

Whereas we the people of Zimbabwe recognise the importance of God The Almighty and our Ancestors in guiding the Liberation movements in the execution of the armed struggle; and

Whereas we the people of Zimbabwe acknowledge the role played by our fore-bearers during the first Chimurenga War against colonial occupation; and

Whereas on the 18th April, 1980, we the people of Zimbabwe regained our nationhood and joined the family of nations ofthe world as a sovereign state; and

Whereas we the people of Zimbabwe have always cherished our sovereignty by resisting aggression and foreign domination; and

Whereas we the people of Zimbabwe acknowledge the role played by the Zimbabwe Revolutionary War Fighters of the Second Chimurenga and those who died whilst fighting the colonial enemy and those that are still alive and the fact that they will forever be the custodians of the Zimbabwean revolution and the bedrock upon which the ZANU PF Party will continue building itself from; and