Mliswa calls for amendment of Zimbabwe Constitution to stop recalling of MPs

The American electorate has Congress and as you know, the Republicans will invite Donald Trump to be president yet he has no position in the party. Even if you are not a Republican, they want to see what work you have to offer for the country.  When are we going to reach such politics that we bring in somebody to say you are good for the country, run with the button stick.  Those are the days that we yearn for in terms of us being the nation that we should be, but you cannot do that with a whipping system.

I feel sorry for the whips and I can tell you that they are strong in prayer every night because I can imagine how many prayers are prayed about them.  They have a job to do and they belong to the party.  Whips organise Members of Parliament to debate legislation and table amendments at Committee Stage and act as a conduit for concerns between MP’s and Government.

Eventually, yes, when all have submitted their input to a Bill, the whips demand your vote.  We saw it here what was happening.  That is the job of the whip.  So, even in the British Parliament, House of Commons, that is what the whips do, they demand your vote because if the whip does not get your vote, they are fired.

However, when did compromise become a dirty word, especially in this increasingly divided age?  If you are receiving anything you want for your constituency, someone else out there is getting nothing and that is important to think about.  Remember as a former Conservative Whip, John Randolph recently reminded Members that every vote is a free vote.  This is what chief whip of the Conservative; John Randolph said that every vote is a free vote.  You can rebel against the whips and work with your enemies to kill the Bill, that is democracy.  Something which a certain Labour Member of Essington North who voted with the Tories, 15 533 times and now leaves, the Labour Party can attest.

Right to the point that the whips do a lot of good useful works and their compromise is absolutely essential in the democracy.  If 650 people all impeccably followed their hearts, that would be restful, self righteous stalemate not productive politics.

However, the issue is not whether coordination and compromise are essential but where the whipping is the way to achieve them since productive cooperation is rarely achieved under the sanctions. I cannot see that it is.  We have spoken about sanctions and they can be compelled to the whipping system.  Members of Parliament have every motivation to compromise, to deliver to their constituency without whips who represent a top down model of management.

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