Mwonzora boots Khupe out MDC-T
MDC-T president Douglas Mwonzora has suspended the party’s vice president Thokozani Khupe on grounds of “bringing the party into disrepute.”
This comes after Khupe accused the MDC-T National Council which met on November 26, of resolving to recall her and other MDC-T parliamentarians and councillors.
In a statement on Thursday, party spokesperson said the MDC-T had decided to suspend the party’s first vice president over various allegations levelled against her.
“A letter dated 12 January 2022 was personally delivered to Dr Khupe and her legal team. The suspension was with immediate effect, pending investigations into the various allegations levelled against her,” Witness Dube said.
“Investigations are being conducted by a team led by the party’s Arbiter General. The suspension is in line with the party constitution and is as a result of certain issues that arose. Once the said issues are investigated and fully resolved, the party will communicate such.”
Following her suspension, Khupe is now starring down the possibility of a Parliament recall, which she first alleged was being plotted against her.
She has only been in Parliament for a little over 15 months after she was sworn in as a proportional representative Member of Parliament in October 2020 at the time she was MDC-T interim leader.
Khupe had caused the recalling of MPs loyal to Nelson Chamisa following a Supreme Court ruling that dislodged Chamisa from the party’s leadership.
Khupe has been at loggerheads with Mwonzora since last December’s extraordinary congress (EOC) where she along with Elias Mudzuri and national chairperson Morgen Komichi lost the presidency contest to Mwonzora in an election marred with violence.
She walked out in protest accusing Mwonzora of rigging the elections.
However, in January last year, Mwonzora offered the three losing officials an olive branch and appointed Thokozani Khupe as the first VP, Mudzuri second VP and Komichi as the national chairperson.
Khupe initially declined the offer insisting she did not recognise Mwonzora as the MDC-T president before later accepting the role.
Mwonzora boots Khupe out MDC-T
