Recall of MDC Alliance councillors uncalled for

THE recall of Harare mayor Herbert Gomba and five other city councillors by MDCT leader Thokozani Khupe is enough proof that she is President Emmerson Mnangagwa’s pawn. Previously, Khupe was purporting to be guided by a Supreme Court judgment which expired on July 31.

Presently there is no court order or judgment which is valid, their attempt to seek an urgent court hearing to extend their deadline to hold the MDC-T extraordinary congress was turned down. They failed to implement the Supreme Court judgment because it was moot.

They failed to have a national standing committee meeting because eight members of the remaining 11 of the 2014 structures are now with MDC Alliance president Nelson Chamisa and they don’t want to associate with a Zanu PF-led project.

They also failed to have a national executive meeting because out of the remaining 65 members, 54 are with Chamisa and they can’t have a quorum because the rest of the NEC members don’t want to associate with Mnangagwa runners.

They also failed to hold a national council meeting because out of the 135 remaining national councillors, only 18 are with Khupe. They just don’t have people and it does not work at all.

Even if they are given a 10year extension, they will never have a quorum to have the extraordinary congress because they only have 10% of the delegates and the rest are with Chamisa, that’s why they need Mnangagwa and State institutions to support their shenanigans.

As a political party that has membership across the country we consulted our structures and now we have been given direction. We are now in the process of implementing what our members directed us to implement. The party is owned by the members, they give direction.