{"id":24894,"date":"2020-07-04T18:52:35","date_gmt":"2020-07-04T16:52:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.com\/zimbabwe\/?p=24894"},"modified":"2020-07-04T18:52:35","modified_gmt":"2020-07-04T16:52:35","slug":"mdc-fights-shift-to-zec","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.cc\/zimbabwe\/all-news\/mdc-fights-shift-to-zec","title":{"rendered":"MDC fights shift to Zec"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>NELSON Chamisa\u2019s MDC Alliance has vowed to block Thokozani Khupe and her party from replacing proportional representation (PR) legislators and senators recalled by the MDC-T from Parliament over the past month as the battleground shifts to the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (Zec).<span id=\"more-3096224744052345\"><\/span><\/p>\n<p>This followed the MDC-T\u2019s recall yesterday of four councillors from Harare City Council in a bid to chip away at Chamisa\u2019s support in the opposition party.<\/p>\n<p>Denford Ngadziore, Grisot Mandere, Jaison Kautsa and Tonderai Chakeredza received their marching orders from Local Government minister July Moyo in a letter dated June 26 delivered to them yesterday.<\/p>\n<p>MDC Alliance secretary-general Chalton Hwende said the party was waiting for Zec to declare the vacancies so that it moves to stop Khupe and her team from usurping the mandate of the people.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>NELSON Chamisa\u2019s MDC Alliance has vowed to block Thokozani Khupe and her party from replacing proportional representation (PR) legislators and senators recalled by the MDC-T from Parliament over the past month as the battleground shifts to the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (Zec). 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