Khupe sues Parly over expulsion

FORMER House of Assembly member and MDC-T president Thokozani Khupe is suing Parliament for damages following her expulsion from the House after she was recalled by the Nelson Chamisa led MDC party in April this year.

Through her lawyer, Lovemore Madhuku, Khupe told the full Constitutional (ConCourt) bench headed by Chief Justice Luke Malaba that the Chamisa-led MDC party violated its own constitution by recalling her, and as such Parliament ought not to have expelled her in the manner it did.

Madhuku made the submissions while responding to Justice Malaba’s question which sought to establish whether or not Khupe’s application before the court had not been overtaken by events of the July 2018 harmonised elections or if it was a moot case.

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