Bindura legislator says Zimbabwe opposition is like Satan

I will proceed saying that, what we have as we struggle in Zimbabwe is quite a lot.  We have not heard of any reports of a person dying of hunger.  People might say time is passing, yes but, President Mugabe is there and has done a good job, where will you get another leader him?  Where will you get such a good leader who allows the opposition to say whatever they want?  The President is saying, come let us unite and come up with strategies to develop our nation as Zimbabwean people so that we work together, but they are saying that people are distributing food along party lines.  There is nothing of that sort.

The other issue that the President mentioned was on the issue of corruption.  He urged people to stop engaging in corrupt activities.  Where would you get such a leader who denounces corruption in the councils and even amongst us or wherever?  Even amongst us as MPs, there is corruption because your secretary in your constituency is your relative and that corruption.

President Mugabe said that we should stop corruption and even us as hon. members, we should stop engaging in corruption.  The Bible says do not see the speck in someone else’s eye before you remove the log in yours.  It is also good that President Mugabe denounced corruption.  It is now up to us as hon. members to sit down and do the right thing.  We pray to God to bless us with rain, then we will engage in agriculture.  I equate the opposition to Satan because Satan tempts the Christians.  So, I am appealing to the opposition to give us less temptations and let President Mugabe do his work.

*HON. ZWIZWAI: On a point of order Madam Speaker.  My point of order is that, the Hon. Member who was speaking said that the Opposition in Zimbabwe is similar to Satan.  I do not know the size of the paper he is using to smoke some substance, because he is drunk.  We do not view these as good words.  The Satan we know does not comb his hair, is a scary human being, smokes toxic drugs and is quarrelsome.  I therefore request that the Hon. Member withdraws his statement that we are similar to Satan.  Satan was seen walking in Norton.

HON. MATANGIRA: Thank you Madam Speaker.  I did not say those words but they are being placed into my mouth.  I said – [HON. MEMBERS: Inaudible interjections.]   – let me speak in English maybe they will be able to understand.  Can I speak in vernacular?  I said, in heaven, where God resides, before creation, God was ruling in the company of angels.  However, another angel called Lucifer desired to be like God, that is when opposition started in heaven – [HON. MEMBERS: Inaudible interjections.] –

THE HON. DEPUTY SPEAKER: Can we have order in the House.  Hon. Members on my right, order.

*HON. ZWIZWAI: Thank you Madam Speaker.  We take the issue of being belittled and labelled, that the opposition is similar to Satan with the condemnation it deserves.  What I am requesting you Madam Speaker is that the Hon. Member’s speech has been recorded.  What he just said now is not the same as what he said earlier on.  We still stand by our point of order and we do not allow the Hon. Member to abuse his privileges here by scolding us.  If the recording of this debate is published, we ask that he be charged with contempt of Parliament.

THE HON. DEPUTY SPEAKER: Order Hon. Members, you asked for a point of order and I asked the Hon. Member to explain what he said.  Before I gave a ruling, you stood up for another point of order.  You did not give the Chair the chance to give a ruling, of which I think it is not appropriate.

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