Tsvangirai's Son 'Rebels' Against Chamisa
Vincent Tsvangirai, son to the late MDC founding president, Morgan Tsvangirai, has reportedly defied Nelson Chamisa’s directive after he attended the National Assembly sitting on Tuesday.
This comes after MDC Alliance officials, who are aligned to Chamisa, directed their legislators to disengage from Parliament by boycotting all Parliamentary-related business in protest over the expulsion of four senior leaders from Parliament.
During Tuesday’s Parliamentary sitting, Tsvangirai was joined by other four MDC Alliance legislators; Constance Chihururu, Joyce Makonya (proportional representative), Winnie Kankuni (Sunningdale) and David Tekeshe (Makoni Central).
Makonya told the Daily News that she was heartened by Vincent’s stance, saying he was defending what was right. She said:
We are encouraged by the coming of Vincent Tsvangirai. The son of our founding father knows what is happening and the right direction to take. He knows his father was for constitutionalism and he wants to protect what his father started.
Following a Supreme Court ruling in March which reinstated Thokozani Khupe as the acting president of MDC-T pending an extraordinary Congress, four MDC Alliance MPs – Chalton Hwende (Kuwadzana East), Thabitha Khumalo, Lilian Timveos and Prosper Mutseyami – were recalled from Parliament by re-instated secretary-general Douglas Mwonzora.
Vincent was backed by Chamisa to challenge for the Glen View South National Assembly seat following the death of his sister, Vimbai Tsvangirai Java, who was the sitting MP for the constituency when she died from injuries she sustained in a car crash.
– Daily News –
