The National Assembly was adjourned prematurely yesterday
after Zanu PF parliamentarians objected to MDC-Alliance chief whip Mr Prosper
Mutseyami insinuating that his party’s leader Mr Nelson Chamisa had won the
July 30 presidential elections.
Mr Mutseyami made the insinuation while moving his motion
on Government to address the plight of vendors. During his debate, Mr Mutseyami
indicated that Mr Chamisa had got “more than two million votes,” while
President Mnangagwa had got “more than one million votes”.
This prompted Zanu PF Chief Whip Cde Pupurai Togarepi to
raise a point of order, arguing that Mr Mutseyami was trying to mislead the
House on the election results.
Deputy Speaker of the National Assembly Cde Tsitsi Gezi
then directed Mr Mutseyami to withdraw his statement as it would mislead the
House. Mr Mutseyami refused to withdraw the statement, resulting in
parliamentarians from across the political divide breaking into song and
chanting party slogans.
The singing went on for over five minutes, prompting Cde
Gezi to adjourn the House.
President Mnangagwa and zanu-pf won the July 30 harmonised
elections, with the President garnering over 2,46 million votes compared to Mr
Chamisa’s 2,15 million.
The President’s total votes amounted to 50,8 percent of the
vote. The Constitutional Court endorsed President Mnangagwa’s victory after Mr
Chamisa failed to prove his rigging claims in his court challenge.
The results of the harmonised elections have been widely
endorsed across the world by various Governments and institutions.
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