Mudenda to announce MDC-T 'rebel' MPs fate

SPEAKER of the National Assembly Jacob Mudenda is this week expected to announce the fate of UMDC affiliated MPs in a ruling which is set to have a telling effect on opposition politics in Parliament.

A total of 19 National Assembly members and four senators who got into Parliament on an MDC-T ticket in 2013, face ejection from their seats.

Zanu-PF Buhera West MP Oliver Mandipaka two weeks ago raised a point of order in which he called on the Speaker to declare the seats vacant in terms of sections 129 (k) of the constitution.

The MDC-T has also written to Mudenda asking him to recall the MPs as they have formed a new political party.

Among the legislators who face the possibilities of a recall include Harare East MP Tendai Biti, Lobengula MP Samuel Sipepa Nkomo, Makokoba MP Gordon Moyo, Kuwadzana MP Lucia Matibenga, former MDC-T youth leader and Glen View South MP Paul Madzore, and his young brother Solomon Madzore (Dzivarasekwa), as well as senator Sekai Holland (Harare Metropolitan province).

Constitutional law expert Greg Linington said the situation was very chaotic for the opposition as their numbers would continue to dwindle.