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Zanu-PF, MDC-T MPs in looting spree
28 May 2015 at 02:26hrs | Views
The shifting political winds in the country's main political parties has created so much uncertainty among lawmakers that they are now demanding residential stands from a cash-strapped government.
Due to intense power struggles within Zanu PF and MDC-T the term of office for some Senators and MPs have been cut short, and these developments have necessitated by-elections in the respective constituencies.
Ahead of the 2018 election, this turmoil has seen the country's 352 legislators starting to prepare for life after the assembly.
The legislators are now scrambling to enhance their net-worth in the midst of the chaos, and the demand for stands was done by the whole Parliament in the Standing Orders and Rules Committee.
This is the latest of several schemes orchestrated by those who rub shoulders in the corridors of power to enhance their comfort while the general populace continues to sink deeper into abject poverty.
Due to intense power struggles within Zanu PF and MDC-T the term of office for some Senators and MPs have been cut short, and these developments have necessitated by-elections in the respective constituencies.
Ahead of the 2018 election, this turmoil has seen the country's 352 legislators starting to prepare for life after the assembly.
The legislators are now scrambling to enhance their net-worth in the midst of the chaos, and the demand for stands was done by the whole Parliament in the Standing Orders and Rules Committee.
This is the latest of several schemes orchestrated by those who rub shoulders in the corridors of power to enhance their comfort while the general populace continues to sink deeper into abject poverty.
Source - fingaz
