I say this in view of the post election situation. Certainly it is something which is unfortunate for the country and I think it is best that the decision that His Excellency Hon. Emmerson Mnangagwa has taken in appointing a Commission of Inquiry certainly helps us to get to a logical conclusion of this. Those bodies lost, whether we like it or not, certainly do not do us any good as a country and I think it is important that lessons are learnt in terms of statements which some of us politicians make before elections. I think we must think of the people first. We must not be reckless in what we say because people’s lives are important. Those lives that are gone will not come back and I think it is important for us to introspect the cause of that. I think it is also important that the Government takes a certain position to ensure that the deceased’s families …
THE TEMPORARY SPEAKER: Order Hon. Member, I think the Hon. Speaker cautioned Hon. Chinotimba when he wanted to dwell so much on that issue because there is a Commission of Inquiry that was instituted.
HON. MLISWA: I remain guided by you Mr. Speaker. Let me go to the issues that the President spoke about and also to congratulate His Excellency, Cde. Emmerson. Dambudzo Mnangagwa, for the victory. I do not think there will be any other ZANU-PF leader who will be as democratic as him. I think ZANU-PF has a lot to learn from Emmerson Mnangagwa. He was so democratic that he was prepared to even lose the election and there is no way that ever before since 1980, we had an election so close. I think it is also important for this House sitting here to ensure that institutions that run elections – it is up to us in this House to make sure that they do what we want at the end of day. I think we have an opportunity in this House to ensure that if we are not happy with ZEC, we are able to debate and change whatever laws we need to change so that ZEC becomes a better animal in terms of running elections. So, the onus also lies upon us Members of Parliament. I hope we will not be asleep and wait for elections to happen then talk about ZEC when elections have happened. This is the time to talk about ZEC. This is the time to correct what ZEC did not do which was proper.
I want to also talk about the new dispensation administration that the President has shown. Never did I ever think that Government would have so many young people, unknown politicians who are now in office. It talks about the new dispensation. We had a situation where Ministers would be recycled left, right and centre. We had Ministers like Obert Mpofu who was the obedient son to the former President Mugabe. Today, he is no more because the President wants to move forward. That talks a lot about what he intends to do. You had die-hards like Patrick Chinamasa who certainly were die-hards in their own way but they are no more in the party. I always say this to my colleagues in ZANU-PF; I am talking about the Government and not the party. They are no longer in Government and the party is not the Government, we must understand that. We must understand exactly the role of the President in trying to send a message clearly to all Zimbabweans – even to the young people that there is room for you to be able to understand the new course he is shaping.
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