The MDC-T national chairperson, Morgen Komichi, has sided with Thokozani Khupe after describing as “bogus” the December 2020 extraordinary congress that ushered Douglas Mwonzora to the presidency.
In a leaked telephone conversation between Komichi and a party youth, only identified as Nhira from Chegutu, Komichi said he regretted being part of the MDC-T as the “sham” results of the elective congress that saw Mwonzora win were not reflective of the will of the ordinary members.
This comes amid MDC-T vice president Thokozani Khupe’s suspension on Thursday.
Khupe has, however, hit back saying Mwonzora was no longer an MDC-T member after he wrote to the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission early this month informing the electoral body that the opposition party would contest the 26 March by-elections as the MDC Alliance.
Komichi alleges he, together with other party presidential election hopefuls in 2020, Elias Mudzuri and Thokozani Khupe, withdrew from the poll following rigging by Mwonzora, and the current president was an illegitimate and unpopular leader.
“We withdrew officially and our supporters went away. They did not participate, and those who remained and participated were Mwonzora’s people alone. Our supporters, mine, Mudzuri’s and Khupe’s boycotted,” Komichi is heard confiding in Nhira.
“Therefore, we boycotted that (election) after the second provinces had voted. So, it was not a congress at all. That was one of the bogus things that we did come across. Those results were just announced by one group of people who did all counting and everything.”
