{"id":24587,"date":"2020-06-23T18:58:09","date_gmt":"2020-06-23T16:58:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.com\/zimbabwe\/?p=24587"},"modified":"2020-06-23T18:58:19","modified_gmt":"2020-06-23T16:58:19","slug":"chamisas-allies-plot-to-derail-mdc-t-extraordinary-congress","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.cc\/zimbabwe\/all-news\/chamisas-allies-plot-to-derail-mdc-t-extraordinary-congress","title":{"rendered":"Chamisa\u2019s Allies Plot To Derail MDC-T Extraordinary Congress"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Africa Press-Nigeria:<\/p>\n<p>MDC officials, who were were members of the party\u2019s national council under the late Morgan Tsvangirai, have petitioned acting MDC-T leader and acting secretary-general Douglas Mwonzora to call for a national council meeting ahead of the Supreme Court-ordered extraordinary congress to be held to elect a substantive president.<\/p>\n<p>The latest move by the officials who are mostly members of the Nelson Chamisa-led MDC Alliance is thought to be aimed at sabotaging the MDC-T\u2019s extraordinary congress.<\/p>\n<p>Sesel Zvidzai, who was part of the national council as Tsvangirai\u2019s chief-of-staff, told NewsDay that a total of 93 members of the national council signed the petition demanding that members of the Tsvangirai-led MDC standing committee present themselves before them. The petition reads:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>We, the undersigned individuals who were members of the MDC-T national council as at February 14, 2018, having noted the Supreme Court judgment in the matter Mashavire vs MDC-T and others and subsequent events, acting in terms of article 6.4.2.6 of the MDC-T constitution as it was on the same date, hereby petition for the convening of a lawful meeting of the national council as constituted on that date.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Mwonzora confirmed that he had received the petition and said it was discussed in the MDC-T standing committee, adding that the party leadership will hold the meeting as soon as conditions permit.<\/p>\n<div class=\"xzqKrGlU\">\n<div class=\"ad-links-inside\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa Press-Nigeria: MDC officials, who were were members of the party\u2019s national council under the late Morgan Tsvangirai, have petitioned acting MDC-T leader and acting secretary-general Douglas Mwonzora to call for a national council meeting ahead of the Supreme Court-ordered extraordinary congress to be held to elect a substantive president. 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