The main opposition Movement for Democratic Party led by Nelson Chamisa has approached the Supreme Court seeking contesting an earlier High Court ruling which allowed bitter rival Thokozani Khupe to continue using the party’s name and logo.
Both Chamisa and Khupe claim to be legitimate leaders of the opposition party following the death of its founding president Morgan Tsvangirai.
Chamisa down played the High Court ruling by Justice Francis Bere saying the “order may have allowed expelled members of the MDC-T to continue to abuse the party’s name, logo, trademark and symbols but it does not in any way change the political reality on the ground”.
In a statement Chamisa claimed that the judgement, “we believe it is political, controversial, appealable and contestable”.
Morgan Tsvangirai’s failure to settle the succession issue in his party during his last days has plunged the once vibrant opposition into disarray.
Instead of facing the resurgent ruling Zanu-PF now under the President Emmerson Mnangagwa, the opposition is busy fighting within barely three months before the elections.