Thokozani Khupe's smaller MDC-T is set to approach the courts in a bid to compel Speaker of Parliament Jacob Mudenda and Senate President Mabel Chinomona to act on letters of recall issued in respect of its members Priscilla Misihairambwi-Mushonga and Senator Mildred Dube.
This was a day after parliament acknowledged reinstated MDC-T secretary-general Douglas Mwonzora's letters of recall on four top MDC Alliance leaders from the House of Assembly and Senate.
"The Speaker of Parliament Jacob Mudenda has refused to act on the letters that we sent to him on 5 May, 2020 where we were giving notice of recall for Priscilla Misihairabwi-Mushonga in which he was supposed to act according to Section 129 (K) of the constitution.
"The Senate President Mabel Chinomona also did not in one way or the other show any remorse or urgency to act according with our instruction as the sponsoring party for the Senator," said Nyikadzino.
Section 129 (K) of the constitution dictates the seat of a Member of Parliament becomes vacant if the Member has ceased to belong to the political party of which he or she was a member when elected to Parliament and the political party concerned, by written notice to the Speaker or the President of the Senate, as the case may be, has declared that the Member has ceased to belong to it.
