{"id":21530,"date":"2020-04-03T18:30:50","date_gmt":"2020-04-03T16:30:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.com\/zimbabwe\/?p=21530"},"modified":"2020-04-03T18:30:50","modified_gmt":"2020-04-03T16:30:50","slug":"we-should-have-simply-followed-the-constitution-when-tsvangirai-died-ex-mdc-spokesperson","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.cc\/zimbabwe\/all-news\/we-should-have-simply-followed-the-constitution-when-tsvangirai-died-ex-mdc-spokesperson","title":{"rendered":"\u201cWe Should Have Simply Followed The Constitution When Tsvangirai Died,\u201d \u2013 Ex-MDC Spokesperson"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Obert Gutu, the former spokesperson for the opposition MDC during the Morgan Tsvangirai\u2019s era has said that he feels exonerated by the Supreme Court ruling that reinstated Thokozani Khupe as the leader of the party.<\/p>\n<p>Gutu is one of MDC officials who opposed the ascension of Nelson Chamisa to the post of president when Tsvangirai died in 2018.<\/p>\n<p>He resigned from the post of spokesperson and the party and eventually joined Thokozani Khupe in the MDC-T where he was elected Vice President.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Obert Gutu, the former spokesperson for the opposition MDC during the Morgan Tsvangirai\u2019s era has said that he feels exonerated by the Supreme Court ruling that reinstated Thokozani Khupe as the leader of the party. 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