(Reuters) - Zimbabwean opposition lawmakers on Tuesday
walked out on President Emmerson Mnangagwa’s state of the nation address to
parliament, signalling their lingering bitterness after losing a disputed July
30 presidential and parliamentary vote.
Members of Parliament from the Movement for Democratic
Change (MDC) and their leader Nelson Chamisa heckled Mnangagwa when he started
reading his speech before filing out and leaving the national assembly.
MDC members had been quoted by local newspapers on Tuesday
saying they planned to embarrass Mnangagwa.
After leaving parliament, the MDC lawmakers broke into song
denouncing the ruling ZANU-PF party.
But Mnangagwa, who has previously called for unity among
the country’s political parties to help rebuild the shattered economy, said the
elections were now in the past.
“The election period is decisively behind us. It is now
time for us as members of parliament and political leaders to exert our efforts
towards delivering promises we made to the electorate,” Mnangagwa said in his
speech.
#Zimbabwe ZIMBABWE OPPOSITION MEMBERS OF PARLIAMENT WALK OUT DURING PRESIDENT MNANGAGWA STATE OF THE NATION ADDRESS pic.twitter.com/TJ7sIY1U2A— harumutasa/aljazeera (@harumutasa) 18 September 2018
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