Pupurai Togarepi is a traitor, he has destroyed Mnangagwa, Parly told
Norton legislator Temba Mliswa has told Parliament that Zanu PF Chief Whip in the National Assembly Pupurai Togarepi is a traitor, who has destroyed Zanu PF and President Emmerson Mnangagwa.
Mliswa said Togarepi has failed to stand up for the welfare of legislators. Legislators in Zimbabwe are currently earning something around ZW$75 000 per month in salaries.
The outspoken Mliswa said Togarepi is also using his lucrative Chief Whip salary to abuse women at Parliament.
‘’May you allow Honourable Togarepi to sit down? I have the floor. He must respect. He is also a disaster. (Togarepi) He is the worst Government Chief Whip ever. I do not know where they found you but I am telling you, you have destroyed this institution, you have destroyed ZANU PF, and you have destroyed the President.
‘’You are somebody who vacillates. You are the very same person who brought Grace Mugabe. I don’t know how the President could choose you when he knows you are a traitor, the biggest traitor ever. Be careful. You have destroyed our welfare. People are suffering because of you,’’ he said.
Togarepi should be treated like a big brother in Parliament
According to Mliswa, Togarepi should not be treated like a big brother as he has failed in his Parliamentary duties.
‘’Madam Speaker, he disrupts issues, and you cannot have him dictating this House. He has failed to do good for his own people. He is a fake war collaborator. He did not even pass the vetting test. Who does Togarepi think he is? Not in this House. Why do you always listen to him? He is a disaster.
‘’He has failed to stand up for the welfare of Members of Parliament who are suffering. All he does is go out with the women in Parliament because he has the resources now. He is like a Minister. He has the package of a Minister. Kuswera uchinyenga vakadzi muParliament nekuti unotora mari yakawanda kupfuura isusu,’’ he said.
The truth cannot be withdrawn
Mliswa was asked to withdraw his words by the Deputy Speaker of the National Assembly Tsitsi Gezi, however, he said in as much as he was withdrawing his words, the truth cannot be withdrawn.
‘’Madam Speaker, I withdraw the words but the truth remains. I have withdrawn the words but I cannot withdraw the truth,’’ said Mliswa.
Commenting on the issue, said while legislators enjoy privileges in the National Assembly and Parliament, that does not extend to abusing other legislators.
‘’Madam Speaker, I understand that in this House we have privileges but I do not think we have privileges to abuse each other. ‘’The issue of ministers coming to this House is in the Standing Orders and Rules and to tell us that there is a Deputy Minister, in the Standing Rules, there is no Deputy Minister, they are ministers…,’’ he said.
Pupurai Togarepi is a traitor, he has destroyed Mnangagwa, Parly told
