MDC-T acting president Thokozani Khupe yesterday threatened
to wield the axe on more MPs and councillors who have continued to defy her
leadership by flirting with the Nelson Chamisa-led MDC Alliance, the Daily News
reports.
This comes as Khupe
last month recalled four legislators, Chalton Hwende (Kuwadzana East), Prosper
Mutseyami (Dangamvura Chikanga), Thabitha Khumalo (proportional representation
MP) and Senator Lillian Timveos on allegations that they no longer represented
the MDC-T interests in the august House.
But with reports
that some MPs were still attending the MDC Alliance caucus meetings, MDC-T national
chairperson Morgen Komichi told a media conference at the party’s Morgan
Richard Tsvangirai House headquarters yesterday that they were running out of
patience.
“Of course there is a saying that puppies do not see light
on the same day, but there comes when you conclude that this is now blindness;
that these puppies will never get their sight because it has been long.
“It has been exactly 80 days since the Supreme Court ruling
and we have been patient with the MPs, but we cannot be patient forever.
“They must come and join us now. They must make their
choice between us and Chamisa. If they decide to go with Chamisa, the law will
take its course. This is a very strong statement I am making. They must know
that their days are numbered whether one is an MP or councillor,” Komichi said.
The Supreme Court ruling thrust Khupe as the acting leader
of the MDC-T after annulling Chamisa’s rise in 2018 on account of failure to
abide by the constitution upon the death of party founding president Morgan
Tsvangirai in February 2018.
The MDC Alliance
has, however, approached the High Court seeking an order stopping Parliament
from expelling more legislators on the orders of its opposition rivals.
The four MPs are
seeking an order that nullifies their expulsion from the august House, arguing
that Speaker of Parliament Jacob Mudenda acted unlawfully in accepting an
instruction from a political party they did not belong to when they were voted
as MPs in the 2018 elections.
But Komichi insisted
yesterday that their group was the legitimate MDC with power over the party’s
headquarters, MPs and councillors while Chamisa and his allies are a rebel
faction. Daily News
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