DEPOSED Speaker of Parliament, Lovemore Moyo faces arrest for his attack on the judiciary as his MDC-T party claims its MPs are being targeted for arrest in a campaign aimed at decimating its legislative numbers ahead of a key vote for the new Speaker.

The state-run Sunday Mail newspaper reported that ‘a docket had already been compiled’ for Moyo’s arrest with related subsequent processes said to be already underway.

Moyo blasted the country’s judiciary after the Supreme Court nullified his election as Speaker and claimed the courts invariably backed President Robert Mugabe’s Zanu-PF on crucial decisions.

Party leader and Prime Minister, Morgan Tsvangirai also claimed the country’s judges were an appendage of Zanu PF but later apologised saying his remarks were not aimed at undermining the judiciary.

Moyo – who has been selected as his party’s candidate for the now vacant Speaker’s post -- filed an urgent chamber application in the High Court seeking to be re-instated Matobo North House Member of Parliament.

He however, later withdrew the application, citing delays in the process.

Meanwhile, his MDC-T party has claimed its legislators are being targeted for arrest ahead of the vote for a new Speaker.

Party Secretary General, Tendai Biti told has claimed that at least five State security agents had been deployed in each province to arrest the MDC-T MPs ahead of the election.

“Minister Mangoma has been re-arrested and brought to court where he was immediately indicted for trial at the High Court on 16 July 2011.  We ask why the speed in the arrest of Hon. Mangoma and why arrest him in installments when he was arrested two weeks ago?” Biti told a press conference at the party’s offices in Harare.

The election for the new Speaker has since been suspended indefinitely.

“Democracy is under siege.  Certain cabals in Zanu PF cockpit want to push for an early election by collapsing the inclusive government and the Parliament.  They have a myopic hope that violence that violence will rule the roost as in June 2008,” Biti added.

He said he was confident the party would win back the Speaker’s post where Moyo – if he is allowed to stand – will square off against Zanu PF Chairman, Simon Khaya Moyo.

“We will not allow the people’s will to be defeated and deflected,” Biti said.

The other MDC faction led by Professor Welshman Ncube has said it will not field a candidate for the election.