MDC Secretary General, Douglas Mwonzora has spilled the
beans on how the defiant Nelson Chamisa and his cabal’s ignorance of the legal
opinion document on the late Morgan Tsvangirai’s succession issue, has thrown
the opposition party into disarray.
The High Court ruling which nullified Chamisa’s MDC
presidency has opened a can of worms, with Mwonzora pouring his heart out on
how the legal opinion he coined and backed by opposition elder, Advocate Eric
Matinenga on the late Tsvangirai succession matrix could have saved the chaos
prevailing in the opposition politics.
“I am the one who drafted the legal opinion document which
was backed by Advocate Matinenga to follow the MDC democratic principles and
the constitution, but that was brushed aside. In fact, I am the writer of the
said legal advice, it was there to give legal opinion on how best to handle the
succession issue of Dr Tsvangirai in line with the constitution, but look now,
we are now dealing with a different scenario,” said Mwonzora.
Asked on the way forward after the High Court nullified
Chamisa’s presidency and ordered for an extra-ordinary congress within a month,
Mwonzora said it is a catch 22 situation as the opposition’s National Standing
Committee resolved to go ahead with the already scheduled congress set for
later this month, while Chamisa has reportedly roped in lawyers to fight in his
corner.
I am informed that the National Standing Committee has
resolved to go ahead despite the High Court ruling, and I am also reading here
in the press that lawyers have been engaged to assist on legality and contest
the ruling. I advocate for a united MDC which respects the guiding democratic
principles of opposition politics laid by the late Dr Tsvangirai,” added
Mwonzora.
The Morgan Tsvangirai Legacy chipped in and lambasted
Chamisa for disrespecting the country’s laws, saying MDC supporters should be
united under the High Court ruling which allows all members elected by the 2014
congress to finish their terms due in October.
“To go for an extra-ordinary congress rather than being
fooled to break the party’s democratic principles and the country’s
constitution for Chamisa and his cabal’s political gains is the way to go.
Imagine if Chamisa is allowed to continue breaking the law, what more if he
becomes president? This country will be ungovernable. We have several members
whose terms end in October, so it is better they must finish their terms than
let Chamisa cut everything willy-nilly, it’s undemocratic,” noted Warship
Dumba, a Morgan Tsvangirai Legacy member.
Observers say the revelations by Mwonzora and the Morgan
Tsvangirai Legacy expose the discord in the MDC cockpit and only time will tell
if Advocate Thabani Mpofu and his team will provide a safe landing for the
embattled Chamisa. zbc
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