DAGGERS have been drawn in the battle for power in the Douglas Mwonzora led MDC-T outfit, amid revelations that its deputy president Thokozani Khupe is being targeted for recall from Parliament and eventual ouster from the fractured opposition party.
Khupe has now engaged lawyers demanding that the MDC T,
which she accused of being tribalistic,
In a letter delivered to party secretary general Paurina
Mupariwa on Friday, Khupe’s lawyers Ncube Attorneys alleged the party held a
national council meeting on November 26
where they plotted to recall her.
“We have been advised by our client that on 26 November,
and at Morgan Tsvangirai House, there was a national council meeting which was
held in the capital city. In that meeting there were certain words that were
used by some members which words were clearly tribalistic in nature,” wrote
lawyers for the former deputy prime minister.
Khupe alleged that during that meeting, the national
council resolved to recall her and other legislators accused of not backing
Mwonzora and working against his leadership.
The MDC –T vice president snubbed a recent meeting of the
party’s shadow cabinet, and has not been showing up at some of the party
programmes.
“We are advised that it is at that meeting where certain
recommendations were made to recall Dr Khupe and others from parliament and
local authorities. We are advised that your good office is in possession of
such minutes and resolutions,” the lawyers wrote.
Khupe is demanding that she be furnished with the minutes
of the meeting and why she has been placed on notice for recall.
MDC-T acting chairman, Giles Mutseyekwa, however denied
that the party wanted to recall Khupe, saying there was never such a meeting.
“The last national council meeting we had, Khupe was in attendance
and she was the first to even contribute as she was saying we should delay
holding our congress,” Mutseyekwa said.
“She told us that the party needed more time to prepare for
our congress but we felt that we have to do it as a matter of urgency. So, it
will be interesting to see the letter in which she alleges these things.
Mwonzora’s MDC T has not recovered from the chaos of the
December 2020 congress and is reportedly battling widening cracks. Standard
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