By Paul Nyathi

Opposition MDC-T says that judgement by Bulawayo High Court judge Justice Francis Bere on their case against dismissed Deputy President Thokozani Khuphe is unfair and politically motivated.

The MDC-T Presidential Spokesperson and Director of Information Luke Tamborinyoka on Wednesday told journalists in a briefing that the party’s National Executive Committee met and resolved to appeal against the decision.

“The National Executive Committee expressed shock at the judgement by the High Court judge who opted to involve himself in political issues instead of considering the issue presented to the court,” said Tamborinyoka.

“The issue presented to the High Court was specifically about the court dealing with people we dismissed from the MDC-T and them using the party name and symbol after dismissal but the judge opted to make a judgement on non existent factionalism in the party,” he said.

Tamborinyoka said that the MDC-T will be appealing against the judgement at the supreme court.

“The NEC notes that the case is actually ZANU PF and Thokozani Khuphe versus MDC-T and the people of Zimbabwe,” he added.

Sitting in a urgent hearing on Monday, the Bulawayo High Court dismissed the MDC-T application seeking to block splinter MDC-T leader Thokozani Khuphe from using the party name and logo claiming that the party needs to first sort out its leadership issues before a determination can be made on who can use the name and symbol.

Justice Bere said that Khuphe who is running a seperate MDC-T party from the Nelson Chamisa led MDC-T has the right to continue using the party name as she claims to be equally entitled to the leadership of the party following the death of founding President Morgan Tsvangirai.