President Mnangagwa yesterday warned MDC MPs that he will not hesitate to flush them out of Parliament if they continue disrespecting him. There were ugly scenes in Parliament on Thursday after MDC MPs refused to rise when Mnangagwa entered Parliament moments before the Finance Minister presented the 2019 National budget. Police were called in to forcibly eject the opposition MPs resulting in two of them being injured and hospitalised.
Addressing ZANU PF supporters at Murombedzi Growth Point yesterday, Mnangagwa castigated MDC MPs for being ‘childish’. He said
When I entered parliament the opposition party legislators remained seated going against the clear rules that when the head of State enters everyone rises… They (opposition MPs) did so (refusing to rise) shouting that there is no head of State, but the Speaker of Parliament chucked them out and they left.
I will always go to parliament and if they continue in that behaviour they will always be sent out…. Their late leader, Morgan Tsvangirai was very mature; despite our differences, he would always attend Parliament, not these ‘chicks’ we are now seeing.