MDC interim
president Thokozani Khupe has postponed the party's court-directed
extra-ordinary congress slated for July 31, 2020 to ensure public safety during
the coronavirus pandemic.
Khupe, through her spokesperson, said that the party was
looking at different ways to stay within the legal parameters of both the
lockdown and of the Supreme Court ruling.
Secretary-general Douglas Mwonzora, however, said that the
court had allowed them a six-week extension, which means the congress will be
held before September 15, 2020.
Meanwhile, MDC officials, who were members of the party's
national council under the late Morgan Tsvangirai, are reportedly piling
pressure on acting MDC-T president Thokozani Khupe to hold a national council
meeting so they could use the event to scuttle her planned extraordinary
congress (EOC).
Sesel Zvidzai, who was part of the national council as
Tsvangirai's chief-of-staff, said Khupe and acting secretary-general Douglas
Mwonzora were avoiding the all-important national council meeting despite a
legitimate and constitutional demand for such. Daily News
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