Power jostling escalates as court sets MDC T congress date
MDC T President Douglas Mwonzora
The Supreme Court has granted opposition MDC-T interim leadership a further extension up to November 30 to hold an extraordinary congress.
The court had in March ordered that the party holds the congress not later than the 31st of July this year but the party currently led by Thokozani Khupe argued that the coronavirus lockdown made it impossible for them to comply with the ruling
The congress is meant to elect the successor to MDC’s founding leader the late Morgan Tsvangirai who succumbed to cancer in 2018.
His demise has left a power vacuum that has created a prolonged gruesome leadership crisis which has since spilt into courts.
Thokozani Khupe accuses her nemesis, Nelson Chamisa of MDC Alliance of usurping power in the runup to the 2018 elections.
Political analyst Kimberely Tariro Mamhende said, “This is a welcome development. The MDC T leadership crisis will be solved on 30th November 2020.”
She added that, “The battle between Mudzuri, Khupe , Komichi and Mwonzora will intensify from today.”
The 2014 MDC T youths leadership has taken over the control of Harvest House in a clear showdown between the internal MDC forces fighting for the heart and soul of the late Morgan Tsvangirai’s political outfit.
Mwonzora’s youths were previously accused of beating up a Khupe adherent, Mr Mashumba.
More running battle are expected between Mudzuri, Komichi, Mwonzora and Khupe the congress draws nearer.
–-Pindula & Zimbabwe Observer
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