JUST IN…Mwonzora FallsHigh Court has nullified MDC-T President Douglas Mwonzora’s December 2022 elective congress and delegitimised his leadership of the once-powerful opposition party.
The ruling, delivered by Justice Zhou on Friday, found that the congress was conducted in violation of the party’s constitution, rendering its outcomes “null and void.”The court ruling comes after a challenge by former MDC-T vice president Elias Mudzuri and several senior party members, including Edward Kakora, Gift Kanjana, Den Moyo, and John Nyika.
The applicants argued that Mwonzora had orchestrated an illegitimate congress that failed to meet the constitutional requirements for such a gathering.
“The purported National Congress held in December 2022 by the second respondent (Mwonzora) as the National Congress of the first respondent (MDC-T) is declared null and
