Tsvangirai accuses Mnangagwa of lying

HON. HLATWAYO:  On a point of order Madam Speaker.

THE HON. DEPUTY SPEAKER:  Honourable, please take your seat – [HON. MEMBERS:  He is the Leader of the Opposition.] – Yes, I know very well he is the Leader of the Opposition.  By being the Leader of the Opposition, he is supposed to keep the Hon. Member in check so that there is order.

HON. HAMAUSWA:  There is noise from the other side of the House – [HON. MEMBERS:  Inaudible interjections.] –

THE HON. DEPUTY SPEAKER:  Please, may we have order – [HON. MEMBERS:  Inaudible interjections.] –   Hon. Members, may we have order in the House.  Hon. Hlatwayo and Hon. Hamauswa, I expect good behaviour from you as leaders.

HON. KARENYI:  Supplementary question Madam Speaker.

THE HON. DEPUTY SPEAKER:  The supplementary question has not yet been responded to.  You are a seasoned Member of Parliament and therefore you should know the rules.

HON. KARENYI:  I thought you had asked him to sit down because you were saying he is mixing languages.  I thought maybe you did not give him the opportunity.  Thank you.

THE HON. DEPUTY SPEAKER:  Please, take your seat.

HON. D. K. MNANGAGWA):  Thank you Madam Speaker and thank you to the Hon. Member who I can assure our oath of office does not permit us to come and lie in this august House.  As Government, we come and we articulate the facts as they are.

To his question in my previous statement, I had mentioned that in the next few weeks, I think the Minister, prior mentioned in the fullness of time that the reason why there has not been a very clear time line is because we are going through a reform process which involves consultations, engagements and in all earnest, Government is committed to coming up with a regime that is probably the last time that we see rising inflation and exchange rate volatility.  This process needs to be done right.  I would plead that we have patience as this is going to be a pivotal piece within our economy.  I thank you Madam Speaker.

HON. MATEWU:  Point of order Madam Speaker.  Thank you Madam Speaker.  About four weeks ago, this question rose and the same Minister came here and said in a very few weeks they are going to come with the monetary policy. 

Madam Speaker we come here to Parliament to question the Executive.  The Executive must be sincere with us.  We are Members of Parliament.  We are not some pub.  If we ask questions to the Executive, we expect to get answers.  We want the Hon. Minister to be able to tell us when that monetary policy is coming.  It is not good enough to come every week, after every one month and we are told that – [HON. MEMBERS:  Inaudible interjections.] – We want answers Madam Speaker.

THE HON. DEPUTY SPEAKER:  Hon. Matewu, your point of order is over ruled.

HON. TOGAREPI:  Madam Speaker, if I can have your indulgence, I just want to raise an issue of concern in terms of the foul language that is being used by the other side of the House.  I think we cannot tolerate that.  We are patient, but I think they are provoking Hon. Members to react to their statements.  I think we are in an honourable House.  Let us use language that seeks to get information that we want from the Executive, not insulting questions – [HON. MEMBERS:  Hear, hear.] –

 On a point of order Madam Speaker.

THE HON. DEPUTY SPEAKER:  Honourable, please take your seat – [HON. MEMBERS:  He is the Leader of the Opposition.] – Yes, I know very well he is the Leader of the Opposition.  By being the Leader of the Opposition, he is supposed to keep the Hon. Member in check so that there is order.

HON. HAMAUSWA:  There is noise from the other side of the House – [HON. MEMBERS:  Inaudible interjections.] –

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