IN the wake of successive defeats in court, the embattled
MDC-Alliance has lined up a series of crisis meetings this week to try and save
the party from implosion.
This follows last week’s dismissal by the High Court of an
application by the beleaguered MDC-Alliance that sought to be considered a
political outfit after Dr Thokozani Khupe, who has been confirmed as the
interim president of the MDC by the Supreme Court, recalled four legislators
aligned to Mr Nelson Chamisa from Parliament.
Secretary-general of the MDC-Alliance Chalton Hwende
confirmed that starting today, the troubled party would be holding meetings
until Thursday.
“Yes our party is driven by organs or structures. We are
meeting as the Standing Committee tomorrow (today), which comprises mainly top
leadership. On Wednesday we will meet as the national executive followed by the
national council on Thursday,” said Mr Hwende.
“The meeting is a routine meeting, but it will get feedback
from several consultations we held on how to respond to what is happening. We
have held consultations at all levels of our party including constituencies.”
Mr Hwende said resolutions will only be made after the
meeting in order to come up with possible solutions to problems bedevilling the
opposition party.
“These are the organs that drive our party. They will give
us direction on how to respond to this onslaught,” said Mr Hwende.
Last month, the Supreme Court ruled that Dr Khupe should
assume leadership role of the party pending holding of congress, on the ground
that Mr Chamisa assumed power illegally in 2018 when he succeeded the now late
Morgan Tsvangirai.
And to add further misery to the opposition party, High
Court judge Justice Tawanda Chitapi on Friday last week ruled that the MDC-
Alliance is only an electoral pact of different parties
that cannot be sued in its capacity. Herald
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