State Media

THE MDC-T led by Dr Thokozani Khupe has approached the Supreme Court seeking guidance on the dates to hold its extra-ordinary congress as it cannot proceed on the set dates due to the Covid-19 pandemic.

In March this year, the Supreme Court ruled that the MDC-T should hold its extraordinary congress by July 31 but due to the lockdown the party says it can no longer proceed to have the congress within the stipulated period.

Acting MDC-T spokesperson Khaliphani Phugeni confirmed the latest developments.

“We have instructed our legal team to approach the Supreme Court so that they can give us a variation on the dates. As of now, we are waiting for the advice from the Supreme Court to give us an appropriate date for the congress,” said Mr Phugeni

Mr Phugeni said they will stand guided by updates from the Ministry of Health and Child Care on the best way forward.

“I would also want to say having come up with the dates, we are going to be consulting the health authorities because there is a public health imperative which we dare not to ignore.

“We are going through a pandemic, so we want to be guided. No one must lose their lives because of politics. The lives of our members are more precious than elective congress,” said Mr Phugeni.

The elective congress is meant to elect a substantive leader of the party following the death of founding leader Morgan Tsvangirai in 2018.