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Paul Themba Nyathi for Zimbabwe speaker of parliament: MDC
16 Mar 2011 at 05:15hrs | Views
The Welshman Ncube led Movement for Democratic Change will field Paul Themba Nyathi as the contestant for the vacant position of speaker of parliament.
The position fell vacant after a Supreme Court ruling that the speaker Lovemore Moyo of the mainstream (MDC-T) led by Morgan Tsvangirai, had been elected improperly in 2008.
"Paul Themba Nyathi is a charismatic character with unquestionable credentials to restore sanity in the house of assembly. A number of MDC-T and Zanu (PF) legislators have great respect for Paul Themba Nyathi and none of the level headed legislators in our house of assembly dispute the candidature of Nyathi. As the MDC we respect the Supreme Court ruling which we think should serve as a lesson for habitual cheats and fraudsters who have the habit of getting into positions of authority through the back door," said the party in a statement.
"It's unfortunate that a party that calls itself a party of excellence has turned out to be a party of fraudsters and pseudo democrats " read the statement signed by party spokesperson Kurauone Chihwai.
The position fell vacant after a Supreme Court ruling that the speaker Lovemore Moyo of the mainstream (MDC-T) led by Morgan Tsvangirai, had been elected improperly in 2008.
"Paul Themba Nyathi is a charismatic character with unquestionable credentials to restore sanity in the house of assembly. A number of MDC-T and Zanu (PF) legislators have great respect for Paul Themba Nyathi and none of the level headed legislators in our house of assembly dispute the candidature of Nyathi. As the MDC we respect the Supreme Court ruling which we think should serve as a lesson for habitual cheats and fraudsters who have the habit of getting into positions of authority through the back door," said the party in a statement.
"It's unfortunate that a party that calls itself a party of excellence has turned out to be a party of fraudsters and pseudo democrats " read the statement signed by party spokesperson Kurauone Chihwai.
Source - Byo24News
