A TOTAL of 85 legislators elected on the MDC Alliance
ticket publicly threw their weight behind party leader Nelson Chamisa at a
meeting held at the party’s Morgan Richard Tsvangirai House headquarters in
Harare on Monday.
Party secretary-general Chalton Hwende said only 15 of its
MPs and senators did not attend, including organising secretary Amos Chibaya,
who was involved in a road accident on Sunday on his way to Zvishavane, party
spokesperson Daniel Molokele currently in South Africa, Marondera Central MP
Caston Matewu also in hospital after being involved in an accident and three
others who are outside Zimbabwe.
“We are sure that over 90% of the legislators are backing
the leadership of president Chamisa and they are clear about the challenges
that we are facing. We only have three who are Morgen Komichi, Douglas Mwonzora
and Elias Mudzuri, who have chosen to work with Zanu PF and they are free to
go, it’s their democratic right,” Hwende said.
The MDC Alliance legislators, according to Hwende, agreed
that they would consult their constituencies on the way forward, where the
option of mass resignations from the Legislature, Newsday
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