Parly Seats Up for Grabs as Zanu PF Recalls Mutasa, Mliswa
4 March 2015
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VOA|Headlands and Hurungwe West parliamentary constituencies were on Tuesday declared vacant following a recall of former Zanu PF secretary for administration, Didymus Mutasa, and former Mashonaland West chairman, Temba Mliswa, who were expelled from the party last month.
Some lawmakers burst into laughter when Mliswa bolted out of the chamber as Speaker of Parliament, Jacob Mudenda, announced his expulsion from the House. Mutasa was not in the chamber.
Mudenda said he received communication from the Zanu PF secretary for administration stating that Mutasa and Mliswa were no longer representing Zanu PF interests.
He said the two seats fell vacant in terms of Section 129 of the country’s constitution which states that a seat of a Member of Parliament becomes vacant if a member has ceased to belong to a party of which he or she was a member when elected to parliament.
Mudenda said though Mutasa had written to him that his expulsion was unwarranted and illegal, all that was required of him to declare the seats vacant was the notification from the political party concerned.
He added that the president and the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission would be notified of the two vacancies.
Mliswa said he had no comment for now while Mutawa was unreachable. University of Zimbabwe Law Professor, Lovemore Madhuku, said the two have two options – either to accept the Speaker’s ruling or to challenge it.
He said the two should be given an opportunity to challenge the ruling. – VOA

6 Replies to “Parly Seats Up for Grabs as Zanu PF Recalls Mutasa, Mliswa”

  1. You are saying “Zanu has one official voice” yet Mutasa is saying he is the legitimate Secretary for administration and the “dismissed” ones are the real Zanu PF. He is even signing as “Secretary for administration”. This is an issue that should be dealt with by the courts if precedence is to be followed. A speaker should not have these kinds of double standards.
    In the case of MDC, there was no “confusion about which was the official MDC-T”. Where did the rebels get their legitimacy from? They pulled out, convened their meeting that excluded those perceived to be close to MT.

  2. You are saying “Zanu has one official voice” yet Mutasa is saying he is the legitimate Secretary for administration and the “dismissed” ones are the real Zanu PF. He is even signing as “Secretary for administration”. This is an issue that should be dealt with by the courts if precedence is to be followed. A speaker should not have these kinds of double standards.
    In the case of MDC, there was no “confusion about which was the official MDC-T”. Where did the rebels get their legitimacy from? They pulled out, convened their meeting that excluded those perceived to be close to MT.

  3. I am no fan of the Mudenda but the circumstances are different. There is no question whatsoever that there is only one Zanu party at the moment but in the case of MDC-T, there was confusion about which was the official MDC-T. The two MDC-Ts gave conflicting instructions but Zanu has one official voice hence the speaker can carry out the mandate. Even Mutasa said he still supported Zanu the party.

  4. I am no fan of the Mudenda but the circumstances are different. There is no question whatsoever that there is only one Zanu party at the moment but in the case of MDC-T, there was confusion about which was the official MDC-T. The two MDC-Ts gave conflicting instructions but Zanu has one official voice hence the speaker can carry out the mandate. Even Mutasa said he still supported Zanu the party.

  5. “Mudenda said though Mutasa had written to him that his expulsion was unwarranted and illegal, all that was required of him to declare the seats vacant was the notification from the political party concerned.”
    Double standards. This situation is parallel to the MDC T and the Biti group. The same Speaker dismissed a request by Morgan Tsvangirai’s MDC to recall 18 lawmakers from Parliament. Mudenda ruled that no MPs should be recalled from Parliament that he he had no power to rule on the matter, referring the factions to the court.
    Yet this Zanu PF clown is quick to dismiss Mutasa and Mliswa per Zanu PF request.

  6. “Mudenda said though Mutasa had written to him that his expulsion was unwarranted and illegal, all that was required of him to declare the seats vacant was the notification from the political party concerned.”
    Double standards. This situation is parallel to the MDC T and the Biti group. The same Speaker dismissed a request by Morgan Tsvangirai’s MDC to recall 18 lawmakers from Parliament. Mudenda ruled that no MPs should be recalled from Parliament that he he had no power to rule on the matter, referring the factions to the court.
    Yet this Zanu PF clown is quick to dismiss Mutasa and Mliswa per Zanu PF request.

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