MP who nominated Nyathi was first to celebrate Moyo’s victory
The plot has thickened in the aftermath of the victory of MDC National Chairman, Lovemore Moyo for the speaker position amid revelations by Tsholotsho North independent MP,Jonathan Moyo that Lupane MP, Njabuliso Mguni who nominated ZANU PF backed Paul Themba Nyathi was the first to celebrate Moyo’s victory.
Disgruntled Jonathan Moyo who seconded Nyathi told state media that he seconded Nyathi’s nomination after he spoke to Nkayi South MP Abedinico Bhebhe on the night before the swearing-in ceremony who told him that the party had nominated Nyathi for the post of Speaker.
“Bhebhe further informed me that their caucus had decided that Njabuliso Mguni would nominate Paul Themba Nyathi in Parliament and that they had asked Welshman Ncube to request me to second the nomination.’, said Moyo
“I went with this understanding to Parliament for the swearing-in ceremony the next day. While there and before the election of the Speaker, a rather nervous Njabuliso Mguni confirmed to me that he was going to nominate Nyathi and that he was expecting me to second his nomination as per the request of his party.
“I assured Mguni that I would second his nomination because I believed it was a good thing to do not just for the sake of democracy but also for the sake of stabilising our country and fostering an all inclusive process of national unity which are necessary for the much-needed economic turnaround.
“I started smelling a rat when Mguni gave a rambling and incoherent nomination of Nyathi which, because it clearly did not come from his heart or mind, was hopeless and pathetic,” said Moyo.
Moyo said after the counting of the votes in the Senate Chamber, Mguni who was supposed to be Nyathi’s agent sprung up to celebrate along with Kuwadzana Central MP Nelson Chamisa.
“As it became obvious that Lovemore Moyo’s pile of votes was larger than that of Paul Themba Nyathi, the MDC-T agents, started singing and dancing together and they locked their arms together, with Nelson Chamisa locking arms with Mguni in a musical celebration inside the Senate Chamber before the announcement of the official result.
“I was very shocked by the fact that the very same person who had moved Nyathi’s nomination, Mguni was quick to abandon his own party’s candidate even before the counting was over. Chamisa and Mguni became an item in the counting room and their spectacle was nauseating,” said Moyo.
“Moyo also decried that some Mps showed the completed ballot papers to Innocent Gonese and Thokozani Khupe before depositing the ballot papers in the ballot box,”said Moyo.
Mguni has since dismissed allegations that he celebrated Moyo’s victory together with Chamisa, “Chamisa is a colleague and I have every right to congratulate him. I don’t see anything wrong with hugging Chamisa. I am not ashamed because everything was very much in order.”
Posted by Philip Mangena
on August 31, 2008. Filed under Local News.
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