FORMER Vice-President Phelekezela Mphoko is yet to receive his
government pensions and other benefits, more than six months after being
forced out through a military intervention.
His lawyer Welshman Ncube confirmed the development at the
weekend, saying they were still negotiating with government through the
Attorney-General’s Office. “Nothing has happened. The government has not yet given the former
Vice-President his benefits and pensions. We are still waiting,” he said.
Ncube added that government had only offered to pay Mphoko’s
pension, but was reluctant to give him other benefits he was entitled to
as a former Vice-President.
“We want to see the things that we agree on with the office of
the AG, then probably go to court over the things that we do not agree
on. So far, there is agreement that he is entitled to a pension, but not
the other benefits as contained in the law,” he said.
“So, we want to deal with the areas we agree and dispense with
that and go to court on the areas that are not agreed. At the moment, we
have not hit a brick wall, so we are not yet going to court.”
Mphoko is demanding that government should pay him a salary
equivalent to a sitting Vice-President, for life, get access to State
security, an office and a government vehicle.
Former President Robert Mugabe has been given his constitutional benefits, which Mphoko appears to have been denied. Newsday
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