Movement for Democratic Change vice-president Nelson Chamisa is in a fix. He failed today to get Parliament to discuss his motion on police brutality. And this could be the end of the story.
Speaker Jacob Mudenda allowed Chamisa to table the motion for the third time today but warned that if it was not debated today it would not be entertained in the future.
Chamisa first brought the motion to the House on Wednesday last week saying he had video evidence of police beating up peaceful demonstrators but there was no quorum on Thursday when he introduced it formally.
In his motion Chamisa wanted:
There was no quorum again when he tried to introduce the motion on Friday.
Today, debate had to be halted when it was discovered that there was no quorum while legislators were debating a motion introduced by Buhera West legislator Oliver Mandipaka calling for a basic orientation course for legislators on the history of Zimbabwe.
Chamisa had assured the Speaker that members were now ready to debate motion but had not yet taken the floor when the House adjourned, giving him perhaps another chance.
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