MDC-T senator raps Zanu PF members over heroes status

MDC-T Senator Teresa Makone  has rapped Zanu PF senators for claiming that only those from the ruling party can be entered into the national heroes acre of can be considered as heroes.

Speaking during senate, Makone said a senate member cannot be telling the house that only those people who belong to one party are going to be heroes in this country.

"I do not think that is in order. Heroes of this country are people who have sacrificed on behalf of the people of Zimbabwe, not on behalf of a political party. It has nothing to do with political parties but everything to do with the people of Zimbabwe," she said. "Musangano or no musangano, everyone can be a hero from their respective areas; economic, social or any other, you can be a hero as long as you are a Zimbabwean. I want to know where it says in the Constitution you only need to be a member of Zanu PF to be a hero."

Senator Shadreck Chipanga  said in his  speech he did not talk about Zanu PF.

"If some of us have been to the Heroes Acre, you notice that out of all the people who are buried there, were people from all walks of life, not only people who were involved in the war of liberation. Therefore, I do not see why somebody should be talking about only Zanu PF cadres being buried at the Heroes Acre. I did not say that and that is not the import of this debate," he said.

"As far as I am concerned, I think we should all agree on what is going on in the country. I am only expressing my opinion and if somebody differs with my opinion, I do not know what to say."

He said it was false that the people buried at the Heroes Acre belong to Zanu PF but that is false.

"As far as we are all concerned as Zimbabweans, our heroes acres or shrines should be kept clean and not only clean them when we are going for burial of other heroes or special national occasions," he said.