Zanu PF scoffs at CCC parly boycott
Zanu PF says it is unmoved by opposition Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) MPs’ boycott of the official opening of the 10th Parliament and State of the Nation Address (SONA) by President Emmerson Mnangagwa.
Opposition lawmakers snubbed the first session of the 10th Parliament in protest of Mnangagwa’s alleged illegitimacy.
Zanu PF spokesperson, Christopher Mutsvangwa said the ruling party’s majority in Parliament means any boycott by the opposition is inconsequential.
“We have the majority in Parliament and they are like wolves howling to the moon and we couldn’t care less if they want to be in Parliament or not. We will still carry on with our job of making sure that we deliver prosperity to Zimbabwe.
“Long gone is the politics of boycotting, people want food on their tables, people want jobs, people want all the services, people want this country to move forward. So that it can deliver the prosperity which so many sacrificed for what we are focusing on as a party.
He lampooned the CCC for getting sworn in and accepting parliamentary seats while opposing the Presidential election.
“We can’t be bothered by sulk losers. They have a cafeteria approach to elections, on one hand, they won all the seats in urban areas they are chest pumping themselves for winning those elections, on the other hand, they lose in the same elections.
“They lose the Presidential vote and they are sulking because and they are sulking because of that, you can’t have your bed and lie on it, it’s an ala carte menu it’s either they take it all or they reject all, you can’t have a selective approach so this is childishness on their part,” said the ruling party spokesperson.
Pupurai Togarepi,Zanu PF chief whip, called the opposition party MPs “hypocrites.”
“We know them as hypocrites, they are just like that they don’t know for us to be a legislature we need the president we can debate anything in this house we can propose any law but without the signature of the President we won’t have a law,” said Togarepi.
“So they will be debating, they will be following up on any issues that are related to our agenda as legislature but without the president, we won’t have anything.
“So these are hypocrites because they are coming back to parliament as we go to debate issues that are raised by the same president so they are not honest people,” Togarepi said.
Mnangagwa was announced as the presidential poll winner by ZEC with 52.6% of the vote but the opposition reject both the process and result of the election.
