Mutsvangwa lands top regional post

Zimbabwean lawmaker Monica Mutsvangwa has been elected deputy president of the Sadc Parliamentary Forum (PF), the deliberative body that brings together 14 national Parliaments from the region and approximately 3 500 Members of Parliament.

According to the Newsday, Mutsvangwa, a Zanu-PF Senator, was elected to the position unopposed at the end of the plenary assembly session of Sadc-PF in Harare on Sunday.

She will deputise Fernando da Piedade Dias dos Santos, Speaker of National Assembly of Angola, who was also elected unopposed.

In a rousing acceptance speech, Mutsvangwa presented herself as "a person who is bold and will take decisions on the basis of evidence; who considers all sides of an argument; who is firm but fair; who exudes confidence, but relies on the trust and thrust of team mates; who is knowledgeable and articulate; who will fight for what is right; who will respect all your views however unpopular they might seem; who walks the talk, and is committed and passionate about the challenges that this forum is trying to overcome".