WILL DPM COME TO RESCUE OF ELDERLY TODAY?

MBABANE – Will the Deputy Prime Minister (DPM) Paul Dlamini, be a bearer of good news today in Parliament regarding elderly grants for those who recently turned 60?

Members of Parliament (MPs), just like the elderly and public at large, are awaiting today’s House of Assembly sitting with bated breath.
Following the adjournment of Monday’s sitting after the House did not form a quorum, the MPs have said they would not label their actions as a boycott of Parliament business as was the case with Cabinet ministers who openly declared, through the Prime Minister Sibusiso Barnabas Dlamini, that they would not attend sittings until certain issues were resolved.

The MPs have instead stated that it was today’s sitting that would determine where they stand.
On Monday, Deputy Speaker Esther Dlamini was forced to adjourn the House after a quorum was not formed. At first, there were 29 members in the House, which saw Nkwene MP Sikhumbuzo Dlamini standing up on a point of order, notifying the deputy speaker that the quorum was not formed.

As per Parliament procedure, the deputy speaker, after being convinced on the exact number, requested the members to take a 10-minute break with the hope that more members would come in so that the quorum could be formed.
However, after the break, the number of MPs was less than the previous one as there were only 25 members, which led to the adjournment of the sitting.

Interestingly, the Nkwene MP was one of those who had not returned and the scenario led to some talk that the MPs were showing less interest because the order paper of the day did not include some of the issues they wanted addressed.
Information gathered was that even though they were clear that they had to attend the sitting to work on some outstanding bills, some were of the view that the issue of the elderly grants should be given priority.

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