MDC Alliance (MDCA) leader Nelson Chamisa said that his party has a valid lease agreement with the owners of Morgan Richard House, also known as Harvest House and is waiting for the finalisation of the court process in a dispute with the MDC-T led by Thokozani Khupe.
The MDC-T seized the offices from MDCA with the help of the army a few weeks ago and has since been using the building as its headquarters.
Speaking on Wednesday at the home of the late Chitungwiza footballer Tinashe Choto, killed in cold blood by police during the violent January 2019 protests against fuel increases, Chamisa said:
Why should we have our soldiers and police being abused, and be involved in MDC party political issues that have to do with the control of Harvest House?
It’s just that I don’t want to go to Harvest House. If I want to, do you think there is anyone who can stop me from entering the building? I can walk into the building during daylight.
However, because I am not a violent person and MDC Alliance is not a violent party, we are respecting the rule of law, so we are waiting for the court process, but we will not accept to be chased away from our base by visitors.
MDC-T secretary-general Douglas Mwonzora recently told reporters that his party is a force to be reckoned with after it seized Harvest House, something the MDC Alliance had vowed will never happen.