'Suspended' Tsvangirai turns up for work

'Suspended' Tsvangirai turns up for work

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By Lebo Nkatazo

ZIMBABWE'S main opposition leader, Morgan Tsvangirai, on Monday defied his suspension from the opposition party and turned up for work at his offices situated at the opposition party’s Harvest House headquarters.

Tsvangirai, leader of the Movement for Democratic Change (MDC), arrived at his offices in the morning and there was no attempt to stop him from entering the building situated in Harare’s Central Business District.

His loyalists milled around saying they had come to protect him.

“We are prepared for the worst. If the president cannot go into the offices, no one else would be able to do so,” said one party youth.

In a letter announcing his suspension on Saturday, the party’s deputy president Gibson Sibanda had said Tsvangirai was barred from visiting any MDC offices, including Harvest House or to perform any party functions including holding meetings under the party’s banner.

Tsvangirai was also ordered to surrender all party property except two vehicles issued for his personal use.

The suspension was triggered by what Tsvangirai termed “irreconcilable differences “ over the Senate issue that Zanu PF won with a majority.

The former secretary general of the Zimbabwe Congress of Trade Unions (ZCTU) stands accused of violating the party’s constitution, campaigning against the polls, misrepresenting the party’s position on the polls, among others.

He has since dismissed his suspension as “unconstitutional tactics that play into the hands of Zanu PF”.

MDC sources say Tsvangirai risks expulsion by failing to heed the suspension order, which could lead to a court showdown.
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