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Zanu-PF to recall more MPs
30 Nov 2017 at 06:30hrs | Views
More heads will roll in the National Assembly as the ruling Zanu-PF party moves to weed out all expelled members, party chief whip Lovemore Matuke said yesterday.
On Tuesday, the ruling party recalled from Parliament expelled Zanu-PF bigwigs and G40 kingpins Jonathan Moyo, Ignatius Chombo, Saviour Kasukuwere, Mandi Chimene and Kudzayi Chipanga.
The announcement was made in the National Assembly by Deputy Speaker Mabel Chinomona, after Zanu-PF wrote to Parliament to notify the House that the five no longer represented the ruling party.
Chinomona then declared the seats of the deposed Zanu-PF lawmakers vacant.
Interestingly, Gutu South MP Paul Chimedza, Walter Mzembi (Masvingo South), Makhosini Hlongwane (Mberengwa East), Anastancia Ndlovu (Midlands Proportional Representation MP) and Samuel Undenge (Chimanimani East) among others were spared.
Prior to the expulsions, Dr Chombo was Zanu-PF Secretary for Administration and Finance and Economic Development Minister, while Mr Kasukuwere was the National Political Commissar and Minister of Local Government, Public Works and National Housing.
Prof Moyo was a Zanu-PF Politburo member and Minister of Higher and Tertiary Education, Science and Technology Development.
Ms Chimene was Minister of Provincial Affairs for Manicaland province, while Mr Chipanga was the secretary for the Youth League.
There were several other members of the G40 faction that the Central Committee recommended to be either expelled or suspended in terms of the ruling party's constitution after they allegedly usurped the powers of the former president Robert Mugabe.
On Tuesday, the ruling party recalled from Parliament expelled Zanu-PF bigwigs and G40 kingpins Jonathan Moyo, Ignatius Chombo, Saviour Kasukuwere, Mandi Chimene and Kudzayi Chipanga.
The announcement was made in the National Assembly by Deputy Speaker Mabel Chinomona, after Zanu-PF wrote to Parliament to notify the House that the five no longer represented the ruling party.
Chinomona then declared the seats of the deposed Zanu-PF lawmakers vacant.
Prior to the expulsions, Dr Chombo was Zanu-PF Secretary for Administration and Finance and Economic Development Minister, while Mr Kasukuwere was the National Political Commissar and Minister of Local Government, Public Works and National Housing.
Prof Moyo was a Zanu-PF Politburo member and Minister of Higher and Tertiary Education, Science and Technology Development.
Ms Chimene was Minister of Provincial Affairs for Manicaland province, while Mr Chipanga was the secretary for the Youth League.
There were several other members of the G40 faction that the Central Committee recommended to be either expelled or suspended in terms of the ruling party's constitution after they allegedly usurped the powers of the former president Robert Mugabe.
Source - Dailynews
