Mudenda accused of shielding Mugabe

Mbizo MP Settlement Chikwinya (MDC-T) yesterday accused Speaker of the National Assembly Jacob Mudenda of breaching the Constitution by thwarting  a motion he wanted to move calling for President Robert Mugabe to appear before Parliament to take questions from backbenchers.

Chikwinya said he procedurally submitted the motion to the Speaker at the end of last year with the intention of having it introduced for debate in the House but he was told that Constitution did not compel the President to take questions from MPs.

Contacted for comment yesterday Mudenda simply said ask the MP concerned for he has the answers.

Chikwinya said Mudenda told him that bringing Mugabe to answer MPs questions would trivialize the Office of the President.