THE Thokozani Khupe-led MDC has demanded Nelson Chamisa to
stop using the name MDC Alliance saying they are the rightful owners of the
name.
This comes after the Supreme Court annulled Chamisa’s MDC
presidency after ruling that Khupe should be the party’s interim leader — with
the mandate to organise an extraordinary congress to elect new party leadership
using its 2014 structures.
In an interview with the Daily News yesterday, reinstated
MDC secretary-general Douglas Mwonzora said Chamisa doesn’t have the right to
use the name.
“It is our name because the MDC Alliance is a group of
political parties. We are the major political party in the alliance, they must
stop using this name, they must look for another name. We will deal with this
issue at the right time,” Mwonzora said.
Addressing an e-rally, Chamisa appeared not to be much
concerned about the party’s name.
“Some are afraid that we will lose the name MDC Alliance,
the name has no significance, what is important is your agenda as Zimbabweans,
and that is what we are going to be delivering, we have a strategy. Thank God,
I am the captain.
Thank God, I am in good shape, thank God I am seeing
clearly and the vision is very clear of where we are going. We are already
facing the future, we are already building livelihoods, and we are gathering
people and strengthening the party. Don’t be shaken, be comfortable the ship is
under control,” Chamisa said.
The call comes as there is a nasty fight between Chamisa
and the party’s interim president, Khupe, over the control of the opposition
outfit.
All hell broke loose following the death of the party’s founding
president — Morgan Tsvangirai — in February 2018, leading to dogfights within
the party.
The battles took a decisive turn after the Supreme Court
upheld a High Court ruling in March, which had nullified Chamisa’s
hotly-disputed ascendancy to the helm of the party following Tsvangirai’s
death.
The MDC-T has since
expelled Chamisa from the party ahead of an extra-ordinary congress. Chamisa
and his lieutenants have appeared to be in disarray ever since the Supreme
Court delivered its ruling on the party’s leadership ructions at the end of
March.
On its part, the Khupe group has successfully recalled 21
legislators who have so far approached the courts arguing that their expulsions
were illegal. Daily News
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