MPs pass vote of no confidence

LOBAMBA — Lobamba Lomdzala MP, Marwick Khumalo, yesterday described the local radio station as a ‘heap of manure’.

This was after the MPs expressed their disappointed in the manner that the station covered Parliament business.

The MPs said the radio station on Monday reported that they had just gone to the House to sign for E350 sitting allowances and did not mention that the reason business was adjourned early was because the matter of the switching off of SPTC Fixedfones could not be discussed. 　

　COMMENTS

- Please Editor, publish my letter. FINALLY, and I repeat, FINALLY, parliament has woken up after over four years to smell the coffee! Whether these (previously) useless MP's have earned themselves enough respect to be voted back to parliament in 2013 remains to be seen. But what they've done is commendable as it gives us the opportunity to 'test' the validity of our constitution for the 1st time. I suppose the vote of no confidence is in respect of government failing to take the necessary steps on time to prevent the shut-down of the ONE and Fixed Phones. To begin with, the matter didn't have to reach the International Arbitration stage because gov't would have been able to strike a compromise between the two companies if gov't wasn't sleeping on the job. But instead gov't followed their personal interests at MTN where there's their 'cash register' ringing all the time. This is arguably an unprecedented feat by the MP's who showed courage under fire on behalf of the people who voted them into parliament. No one believes in this Cabinet anymore as exemplified by what your columnist Sibisi refer to as the "Boo Brigade" on 'Gospel Sunday' and at Sibaya. And I'm happy that if they're finally vacate office, benefits of Circular no.1, 2010 won't apply because they would have been fired for "incompetence" as spelt out by that insensitive self-enrichment Circular. The MP's have saved the day,,, win or lose and I take my hat off for them.
October 04, 2012, 8:00 am, Keep Exhaling

- Now it's left upon the head of state to prove himself. People voted cabinet out during the sibaya and he chose to ignore him. Hope he will play his cards well because such will expose him to the outside world and destroy the little that is left of the country's image. He is from a UN meeting and he is expected to uphold and protect the constitution. Seyime ngawe wena wekunene!!!
October 04, 2012, 4:00 pm, Lord Anthony

 - ah! thats it...thats just it!! what do you expect from someone who has just a few months remaining in office and almost no chance of being re-elected back into the same seat? this is hogwash - and believe me it won't last! for how long have these people played this game on us? for how long have they made empty promises to us, only never to materialize? I can excuse a foreigner for buying into this idea of theirs, but for someone who has lived in this country for as long as I can remember, to believe this would qualify him to be called a FOOL!! Hey, if I may ask, when has this war between MTN and SPTC started? what have the MPs done? Nothing! and now that they are about to be kicked out of office, they are making all this noise. while one may argue that this won't last, we have no option but to listen and to read about them in the local media because they are given the spaces, otherwise one is better off with a blind eye or deaf ear! thank you
October 04, 2012, 4:31 pm, Sifiso Dlamini

- Thank God the mps have finally saw light,we respect you for that and yes its high time the cabinet vacated office we rather be without leadership than to be led by a self centred cabinet. Thumbs up to the mps hope your decision will be implemented.
October 04, 2012, 4:31 pm, Thabile

 - ya....its high time the cabinet vacated the office, they've done enough damage already. They are supposed to be the nation's people, but what have they given back to the community?nothing,they only think of themselves and tend to forget why they are even voted for.
October 04, 2012, 4:31 pm, Nosipho Thwala