Zanu PF Exert Revenge On 35 Fired MPs
Published: 2016 May 30 04:37:37 (3254 Views)
Parliament plans to take legal action against 35 legislators who were expelled by both Zanu-PF and MDC-T after they failed to pay for vehicles procured for them through a parliamentary loan scheme.
Zanu-PF expelled a number of legislators who were associated with former Vice President Joice Mujuru in her plot to remove President Mugabe from power.
The MDC-T, led by Morgan Tsvangirai, dismissed 21 legislators after they joined the MDC Renewal Team led by Mr Tendai Biti.
Parliamentarians are entitled to acquire a vehicle under a Parliament vehicle loan scheme which is repaid during the course of their tenure.
The dismissed legislators have not presented payment plans to Parliament. In an interview, Clerk of Parliament Kennedy Chokuda said they had written to the MPs demanding payment.
“We want them to come and make payment plans. If that does not produce results and if we encounter challenges, we will not hesitate to hand over the cases to our lawyers,” said Chokuda.
But some of the legislators said they had fallen on hard times and were unable to pay.
“It is not a secret that the economy is not performing. Furthermore, we did not anticipate that we would be expelled, hence there were no contingent measures we had put in place,” said one MP who requested anonymity.
Another legislator said the economic environment was making it impossible for them to come up with payment plans.
- Herald
Zanu-PF expelled a number of legislators who were associated with former Vice President Joice Mujuru in her plot to remove President Mugabe from power.
The MDC-T, led by Morgan Tsvangirai, dismissed 21 legislators after they joined the MDC Renewal Team led by Mr Tendai Biti.
Parliamentarians are entitled to acquire a vehicle under a Parliament vehicle loan scheme which is repaid during the course of their tenure.
The dismissed legislators have not presented payment plans to Parliament. In an interview, Clerk of Parliament Kennedy Chokuda said they had written to the MPs demanding payment.
“We want them to come and make payment plans. If that does not produce results and if we encounter challenges, we will not hesitate to hand over the cases to our lawyers,” said Chokuda.
But some of the legislators said they had fallen on hard times and were unable to pay.
“It is not a secret that the economy is not performing. Furthermore, we did not anticipate that we would be expelled, hence there were no contingent measures we had put in place,” said one MP who requested anonymity.
Another legislator said the economic environment was making it impossible for them to come up with payment plans.
- Herald
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