President Emmerson Mnangagwa has threatened to recall incompetent Members of Parliament from his party, including those who refuse to tow the party line in pursuit of narrow
factional agendas.
While addressing a Zanu PF women’s League national assembly in Harare last week, Mnangagwa warned that he would not hesitate to call for by-elections to replace the errant
legislators.
He said there were some MPs in the party who were voted into the august House before they were politically ripe after taking advantage of the
chaos that characterised the ruling party’s primary polls held in May this year.
“MPs must work for the people and play their oversight role on the Executive but we know oversight are some who were rushed into Parliament yet they were not ripe. We will not hesitate to recall you from Parliament and call for a by-election in line with the Constitution because our party has rules, Mnangagwa said.
The president spoke amid tensions in his party over what many perceive to be unresolved succession issues.Daily News