By ZimEye Correspondent| The 76 year old ZANU PF leader, Emmerson Mnangagwa and his speaker of parliament, Jacob Mudenda risk being banned by the prestigious Swiss based Inter Parliamentary Union, ZimEye can reveal.
As the body meets this week, Zimbabweans have begun filing their complaints to the IPU, in a coordinated fashion similar to the one they in October successfully reported Mnangagwa’s state terrorism through the Motlanthe Commission, to the UK Barrister’s Association.
One of the messages reads: “The IPU surely cannot watch as Zimbabwe’s parliament continues as a house of state sponsored violence, and the country’s speaker of parliament has as seen on the 22nd November 2018, conducted open violence against his own MPs, many who are women, forcing them against the country’s parliament’s own standing rules.
“Zimbabwe’s MPs are being dealt with violently as punishment for protesting against lack of constitutionalism, and it is a fact that ZANU PF leader, Emmerson Mnangagwa has defied all constitutionalism by arbitrarily amending the constitution of Zimbabwe so that he controls Supreme Court judges, something which has seen him obtain unfair advantage after the disputed 2018 elections on the 24th August 2018.
Zimbabwe’s MPs’ freedoms to conduct their legislative work are under threat.
The IPU is an international organisation comprising the parliaments of sovereign states established in 1889 in Paris by William Randal Cremer (United Kingdom) and Frédéric Passy (France). It was the world’s first permanent forum for political multilateral negotiations and the British Group of the IPU has remained active in its work since its inception. Continuing this long history of active engagement, the UK is currently the Vice-President for the 12 Plus Group on the IPU Executive Committee.
To report Jacob Mudenda and Emmerson Mnangagwa to the IPU, Zimbabweans can email the IPU on “postpox_at_ipu.org” – CONTINUE READING
The IPU is the global organization of national parliaments. It works to safeguard peace and drives positive democratic change through political dialogue and concrete action. As the focal point for world-wide parliamentary dialogue, it works for peace and co-operation among peoples and for the firm establishment of representative democracy. To that end, the IPU: fosters contacts, co-ordination, and the exchange of experience among parliaments and parliamentarians of all countries; considers questions of international interest and concern and expresses its views on such issues in order to bring about action by parliaments and parliamentarians; contributes to the defence and promotion of human rights – an essential factor of parliamentary democracy and development; contributes to better knowledge of the working of representative institutions and to the strengthening and development of their means of action.
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