Reaction: MDC (Tsvangirai) on election of Speaker of Parliament

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MDC (TSVANGIRAI) STATEMENT ON THE ELECTION OF THE SPEAKER OF PARLIAMENT

THERE is no doubt who is in charge of the 7th Parliament after 110 MPs
voted for MDC national chairman and Matobo North MP, Hon Lovemore Moyo as the Speaker of Parliament.

Hon Moyo polled 110 votes against 108 votes garnered by former MP Paul Themba Nyathi of the Arthur Mutambara-led formation.

Zanu PF MPs were backing Themba Nyathi, but they were left in shock
after 110 MPs voted for the MDC candidate. The MDC had 99 MPs in the
house and permutations had been made that Nyathi would be the automatic winner.

But democracy had other ideas!

The MDC staved off the early morning arrest of two MPs, Hon Shuah Mudiwa (Mutare West) and Eliah Jembere (Epworth) to assert its dominance in the Lower House. Hon Mudiwa was later released and he later attended Parliament in time to teach Zanu PF MPs a lesson. But Jembere is still in the custody of the police and the charges he is facing remain unknown.

The MDC is in charge. We are in control. The people's project is on course!

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