{"id":77484,"date":"2023-05-04T11:21:45","date_gmt":"2023-05-04T09:21:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/all-news\/chamisas-lawyer-denies-giving-mnangagwa-counsel-as-coup-debate-rages-on"},"modified":"2023-05-04T14:38:56","modified_gmt":"2023-05-04T12:38:56","slug":"chamisas-lawyer-denies-giving-mnangagwa-counsel-as-coup-debate-rages-on","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.cc\/zimbabwe\/all-news\/chamisas-lawyer-denies-giving-mnangagwa-counsel-as-coup-debate-rages-on","title":{"rendered":"Chamisa\u2019s lawyer denies giving Mnangagwa counsel as coup debate rages on"},"content":{"rendered":"

Africa-Press – Zimbabwe. <\/strong><\/span>By Staff Reporter<\/b><\/p>\n

Citizens Coalition for Change leader Nelson Chamisa\u2019s lawyer and close ally, Thabani Mpofu has refuted allegations that he was consulted by President Emmerson Mnangagwa after his legitimacy was challenged by Zanu Pf activist Sybeth Musengezi.<\/p>\n

Mpofu was responding to allegations that he is being paid by the Mnangagwa camp in their battle for legitimacy against Musengezi.<\/p>\n

Prior to allegations of being paid, one Ali Naka had uploaded a picture of a letter allegedly addressed to Mpofu from Mnangagwa\u2019s lawyers.<\/p>\n

\u201cCounsel is instructed to consider the Constitutional application and to assist in drafting opposing papers,\u201d read the letter.<\/p>\n

The picture of the letter was captioned; \u201cGood evening Advocate Thabani Mpofu. Village intelligence has provided evidence that Emerson Mnangagwa\u2019s lawyers consulted you on the Sybeth Musengezi case where he challenged Mnangagwa\u2019s legitimacy to lead Zanu PF and Zimbabwe.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cHow do you explain this when you are Nelson Chamisa\u2019s lawyer? How can the main opposition leader\u2019s lawyer work with his opponent\u2019s lawyers,\u201d queried Ali Naka on Twitter.<\/p>\n

In response Mpofu said; \u201cEverything else I will ignore but not lies. For the record, it\u2019s completely false and concocted imagination, that I acted, in any way, for Mnangagwa against Sybeth Musengezi.<\/p>\n

\u201cAs regards my professional duties, I dutifully yield to my oath of office\u201d.<\/p>\n

Mpofu became a darling to many following his role in representing Chamisa after the disputed 2018 elections.<\/p>\n

His allegiance to the opposition was thrown into question following a debate on the legality of the November 2017 coup that toppled late former President Robert Mugabe from power.<\/p>\n

The legality of the events in November 2017, drew observations from occurrences and rulings from 1965 during the Unilateral Declaration of Independence era.<\/p>\n

The resurfaced coup debate drew many sentiments, including comments from former Cabinet Minister Jonathan Moyo who argued against the judgments by Chief Justice Luke Malaba and Justice Chiweshe.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis is more so given that Chiweshe\u2019s \u2018Consent Order\u2019 was confirmed in the ConCourt by Chief Justice Malaba sitting alone in his Chambers without hearing Mugabe in July 2018 when he ruled \u2013 in a case in which he denied ConCourt access to Liberal Democrats & Ors to challenge the legality of the 2017 coup \u2013 that \u2018Mugabe resigned freely and voluntarily on 21 November 2017\u2019; hence there was no coup.<\/p>\n

\u201cMalaba\u2019s solo confirmation of Chiweshe\u2019s \u2018Consent Order\u2019 was therefore flabbergasting. This is because Justice Chiweshe\u2019s \u2018Consent Order\u2019 \u2013 which Malaba purported to confirm \u2013 acknowledged that there was a coup and \u2018legalised\u2019 it by \u2019consent\u2019 between the parties [who outrageously were said to include Mugabe himself] that the same \u2018consenting\u2019 Mugabe had \u2018abdicated his constitutional function\u2019,\u201d Moyo said.<\/p>\n

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Africa-Press – Zimbabwe. By Staff Reporter Citizens Coalition for Change leader Nelson Chamisa\u2019s lawyer and close ally, Thabani Mpofu has refuted allegations that he was consulted by President Emmerson Mnangagwa after his legitimacy was challenged by Zanu Pf activist Sybeth Musengezi. 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