08 OCTOBER 2020
DR THOKOZANI KHUPE IS IN POLITICS FOR MONEY, MDC ALLIANCE NAMIBIA ECHOES.
Contrary to the earlier utterances by Dr Thokozani Khupe that she is in politics for money, this time masquerading as a social democrat who believes in constitutional democracy, she sounds democratic. After Zec and Parliament gave a cold shoulder to the audible voice of 10 300 citizens who absolutely objected to the illegal nominations of Proportional Representation seats by a party which contested as a political entity in 2018 elections and got a pathetic 45 000 votes. Khupe said,” I am glad that I am back , but I am going to advance the interests of all the 14.6 million Zimbabweans so that they have a better life”. These are certified actions of a belly politician who disguises as a social democrat to exploit state apparatus for the primitive accumulation of state resources. We shall remain resolute as Mdc Alliance Namibia in fighting careerist politicians who are determined to eat on our behalf.
Parliament forged ahead and unconstitutionally swore in Mdc-T nominees as substantive MPs despite a handful of objections to the nominations and a High Court application filed by a Kwekwe resident , Charles Madhiwa , seeking an interdict order to halt the constitutional and democratic abuse of the voice of the people.
Mdc Alliance Namibia resonates with Human Rights Lawyer Alec Muchadehama who postulated that it boggled and transfixed the mind why Parliament unceremoniously rushed to swear in Khupe and her cabal when there was a pending court challenge. This is a demonstration of the much needed separation of powers of the Executive and the Legislature not forgetting the Judiciary. What happened yesterday can only transpire in despotic environment.
Moreover, social democrats in Namibia are appealing to the captured Parliament and Zec to respect the judicial processes and cease the evil processes until the High Court application is finalised by the the courts. Remember, Khupe is purporting to be a constitutionalist however, her picture chronicles a deceiver, a stomach politician and a traitor in the national democratic revolution. It was indeed a horrible day for constitutional democracy when the process was allowed to progress despite a pending court challenge. This unearthes Zanupf’s zeal to decimate the Mdc Alliance using their surrogates, it will not work because the people’s project cannot be terminated by nonentities. Our strength is in the people of Zimbabwe because we subscribe to people power.
Furthermore, Khupe has recalled 32 MPs and about 100 councillors countrywide for ardently backing the people’s President Advocate Nelson Chamisa. This is because of the plan by clueless Zanupf to weaken our party but we want to clarify our undoubted commitment and dedication to complete what we commenced under the leadership of our late Icon of Democracy President Morgan Richard Tsvangirai.
May his soul rest in power. As Mdc Alliance, we are waiting for by elections to replace the illegally recalled MPs and councillors and our people will vote for their legislators again and our organic youths advocate for unity in the party but way-ward Togarasei Mwonzora and his cronies are working with Zanupf to destabilise the freedom train.
Moreso, the swearing in ceremony pictured a serious assault on constitutional democracy. The rights of voters are invalidated and no one’s vote is guaranteed in Zimbabwe.
We did not anticipate such a dictatorial stance from Zanupf and our erstwhile comrades since they are pretending to be constitutional following the Supreme Court ruling. This was an ugly and flagrant insult of section 67 of the constitution and section 39 of the Electoral Act. The blatant stifling of representative democracy as the the 15 Mdc-T members were never part of the Mdc Alliance as they contested as Mdc T party with recognition as such from Zec must be confronted with equal measure.
In conclusion, Mdc Alliance Namibia remains inquisitive on whether democracy and constitutionalism are also on lockdown.
The shrinking of democratic space and suffocation of social democrats through arbitrary arrests, torture, abductions and wholesale capture of state institutions particularly the army, police, judiciary, prison services and the parliament. We shall continue to pile political and diplomatic pressure on the sadist Zanupf rogue regime and their puppies represented by Khupe and Togarasei.
Mdc Alliance Namibia
Rundu Branch Spokesperson
Robson Ruhanya
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