MDC Vice President Welshman Ncube has called on senior party officials, Morgen Komichi, Elias Mudzuri and Douglas Mwonzora to resign from their senatorial positions.

The call comes after the trio openly associated themselves with a recent court order that declared party leader Nelson Chamisa illegitimate.

The three were elected senators in the 2018 elections on an MDC Alliance ticket with Chamisa as the party’s presidential candidate.

Komichi is a senator in Midlands province, Mudzuri in Harare and Mwonzora in Manicaland.

“If Mwonzora is the constitutionalist he says he is and fully embraces the Supreme Court judgment declaring invalid and void all appointments and decisions made by Chamisa then let us see him resign his Senate seat for he was appointed onto the Manicaland PR (provisional representative) Senate list by Chamisa,” Ncube said.

“The same applies to Komichi, who comes from Masvingo, but pleaded with Chamisa to appoint him and place him as No.2 on the Midlands Senate list ahead of (Francisco) Masendeke who was then chairman of Midlands South. He too must, in good conscience resign his Senate seat for the same reason.

“Then VP Mudzuri who had been beaten in a primary election in Harare, had to be appointed by Chamisa onto the Harare Senate PR list ahead of (James) Makore who was sitting Senator, he too cannot have his cake and eat it too,” Ncube said.

In response, a defient Mwonzora said he would not resign as he was qualified to be a Senator not because of the benevolence of anyone.

“I applied and was approved as a Senate candidate by the elections directorate of the main MDC. My candidature was approved by the National Council. I am a Senator because I objectively qualified and not because of the benevolence of anyone,” said Mwonzora.