As approved by the Inaugural Congress of the MDC held at Chitungwiza in January 2000 and amended and adopted at the Second Congress at the City Sports Centre-Harare on the 18th of March 2006 and amended and adopted at the Third Congress at Barbourfields Stadium, Bulawayo on April 30 2011 and amended and adopted at the 4th Congress of the Party at the City Sports Centre Harare from 31st of October to the 1st of November 2014