Bhasikiti sues Mudenda, Zanu-PF

Mwenezi East MP Kudakwashe Bhasikiti Chuma (Zanu-PF), who on Tuesday took President Robert Mugabe and the ruling party to court challenging his expulsion, has filed a separate chamber application seeking to bar the Speaker of the National Assembly, Advocate Jacob Mudenda, from declaring his constituency vacant.

Bhasikiti, who was expelled from Zanu-PF recently, has filed an urgent application at the High Court to stop Parliament from declaring his seat vacant if it receives any communication to expel him.

In his application, Bhasikiti accused Mudenda of making rushed decisions without verifying and gathering facts before expelling MPs from the august House.

This comes after Bhasikiti on Tuesday took President Mugabe and Zanu-PF to the same court challenging his expulsion from the revolutionary party.

Bhasikiti, a former Zanu-PF Politburo member and former Minister of State for Masvingo Provincial Affairs, was expelled from the party together with several others after their involvement in a plot to unconstitutionally unseat President Mugabe.

Bhasikiti contends that Parliament should not act on any letter from Zanu-PF informing it of his expulsion.

Bhasikiti also said Mudenda was a member of the Zanu-PF politburo which expelled him on May 21 this year.