Zanu-PF national spokesperson Cde Simon Khaya Moyo
yesterday scoffed at the MDC’s attempt to involve the ruling party in its
internal affairs after the High Court nullified the appointment of Mr Chamisa
and Eng Mudziri as party co-vice presidents and directing the party to hold an
extraordinary congress a month after the date of the order.
“The court ruling by Justice Edith Mushore ordering the MDC
party to hold an extraordinary congress within a month to elect a substantive
leadership is purely an internal matter within the MDC,” he said.
“It has absolutely nothing to do with Zanu-PF and its
visionary leader Cde ED Mnangagwa as insinuated by its spokesperson Mr Jacob
Mafume. It is clear from the court proceedings that the applicant is an MDC
member. Zanu-PF is too principled a party with a revolutionary history to
engage in MDC shenanigans.
“President ED Mnangagwa is too pre-occupied with matters of
the state economy as evidenced by the ‘Zimbabwe is open for business’ mantra
and vision 2030.”
Yesterday, Justice Edith Mushore ruled that the
appointments by Mr Tsvangirai of Mr Chamisa and Engineer Elias Mudzuri as party
co-vice presidents three years ago was invalid.
Mr Chamisa and Eng Mudzuri were listed as second and third
respondents in the matter.
“The appointment of second (Chamisa) and third (Mudzuri)
respondents as deputy presidents of the MDC party were unconstitutional and
therefore null and void,” said Justice Mushore.
“The appointment of the second respondent as acting
president and president of the MDC party were unconstitutional and therefore
null and void.”
In addition, the judge ruled that all the decisions made
under the Nelson Chamisa administration are invalid and he cannot preside over
party matters.
“All appointments and or reassignments and all actions of
the second respondent in his purported capacities as deputy/acting or incumbent
president were unconstitutional.
“The first respondent (MDC) be and is hereby ordered to
hold an extra-ordinary congress after the lapse of at least one month after the
date of this order.”
This means the party’s national council has to go back to
the status quo and follow dictates of their constitution to deal with the
upcoming congress.
It also means that Mr Chamisa cannot preside over the
congress because he was an ordinary card-carrying member of the party before
his surprise elevation.
In her ruling, Justice Mushore noted that the MDC
considered democracy as a core value, to the extent that, its policies are to
be determined by its membership and further its leadership “shall be
accountable to the people as defined by this Constitution”. Herald
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