MPS FOR CHANGE LABELLED AS SELL-OUTS

LOBAMBA – A majority of Members of Parliament (MPs) yesterday distanced themselves from those who are purportedly calling for regime change, labelling them as ‘sell-outs’.

The MPs said they were elected through the Tinkhundla System of Governance and that was the system they would support. During a non-stop seven-hour debate, the legislators said some of their colleagues had sold them out to the nation, especially given the alleged cyberbulling they had been experiencing in the past 48 hours. This was during the debate of a ministerial statement which was presented by the Acting Prime Minister, Themba Masuku, where he was addressing the hullaballoo surrounding the death of Thabani Nkomonye, which has given birth to the #JusticeForThabani movement.

Of the 40 MPs who debated the matter, however, none of them made mention of the colleagues they were talking about. Instead, the MPs said the legislators who used outside forums to address their own personal agendas should leave them out of it. Other MPs even implored Masuku and the Speaker, Petros Mavimbela, to come up with a Code of Conduct for parliamentarians both inside the House and outside.

Freedom

Three MPs who have been vocal on the issue of freedom are Hosea MP Mduduzi Bacede Mabuza, Siphofaneni MP Mduduzi Simelane and Ngwempisi MP Mthandeni Dube. The MPs further accused their colleagues of inciting students and the unemployed youth against them and the way the country was governed. Minister of Tourism and Environmental Affairs Moses Vilakati said MPs who incited violence were behaving in a deplorable and unacceptable manner.  

While the MPs said they condemned alleged police brutality, they said they did not want to be used by some of their own colleagues with hidden agendas. Maphalaleni MP Mabulala Maseko said it was clear that their colleagues had sold them out to the public and given out their numbers to call them and harass them as legislators. 

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