North America Province (NAP) records its displeasure, dissatisfaction and disgust at the recent ruling by Judge Mushore of the High Court of Zimbabwe. The ruling which desperately seeks to subvert a constitutionally mandated and chosen leader by members of the MDC, will not be tolerated or given space in our internal processes.

Courts do not get involved in choosing a political party’s leader. As a Province we believe that the leadership of any political party, including MDC, should be determined by its members. Members of the MDC party  overwhelmingly chose Advocate Nelson Chamisa to be their leader.

Mushore’s judgement is absurd and appalling in many respects, and is an embarrassment to the judge, to the legal and political system. NAP vows to uphold and abide by the democratic choice made by the well over 2.6 million 2019 presidential election voters and the recent decision by the party’s province and membership that unanimously nominated Advocate Nelson Chamisa as the President of MDC.

MDC has grievance handling processes and procedures for dispute resolution for any legitimate members not satisfied with the party’s processes. The party does not accept judgements from outsiders who may not be aware of the internal workings of the party.

North America Province strongly opposes a ZANU-PF penned judgement on the internal affairs of the Party.

The Province calls upon the Judiciary System to extricate itself from the shackles of bondage and capture by ZANU- PF regime and to avoid making political statements veiled as judgements.

North America Province stands firm with the legitimate President of MDC Advocate Nelson Chamisa.

North America Provincial Chairperson.
Tawanda Dzvokora