The opposition MDC has said that residents of Kuwadzana East Constituency shall today submit a petition at the Parliament of Zimbabwe in support of Chalton Hwende who was recently recalled from Parliament.
Hwende was recalled at the instigation of the reinstated MDC-T Secretary General, Douglas Mwonzora who wrote to the Speaker of Parliament, Advocate Jacob Mudenda saying Hwende had ceased to be a member of the party that got him into Parliament.
Posting on Twitter this morning, MDC UK and Ireland said:
Kuwadzana East Constituency residents to present a Petition at Parliament in support of Kuwadzana East MP Hon Chalton Hwende today 12 pm.
The Petition was signed by over 6000 local residents of the Kuwadzana East constituency. For info pls contact
Mr Mariga
+263 77 326 8192
Hwende together with Prosper Mutseyami, Tabitha Khumalo and senator Lillian Timveous were recalled from Parliament at the backdrop of a leadership crisis in the party.
The quartet has since approached the High Court challenging its expulsion saying that Mwonzora or MDC-T had no right to recall them since they are members of the MDC Alliance.
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