Staff Reporter

Three legislators from opposition political party, Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) were booted out of the House of Assembly for causing a ruckus.

A source who spoke to this publication said Willias Madzimure and two other CCC House of Assembly members, were dismissed from Parliament after failing to comply with Deputy Speaker of Parliament, Tsitsi Gezi’s ruling.

According to the source, Honourable Madzimure had sought to enquire why CCC legislators, Job Sikhala and Godfrey Sithole were being denied bail since their arrest in June, to which the Deputy Speaker of Parliament advised that the matter could not be deliberated as it was before the Courts of Law.

“After Honourable Willias Madzimure had finished his presentation, Deputy Speaker of Parliament Tsitsi Gezi responded that the issue could not be deliberated in Parliament as discussions would have a direct bearing on the case in Court. This did not go down well with CCC MPs who started to shout and creating commotion.

“Deputy Speaker Gezi had to call the house to order several times before some of the CCC members could sit except for the three who continued to protest. Eventually the Deputy Speaker had to eject them to maintain order in the house,” said the source.

Sikhala and Sithole are at Chikurubi Maximum prison on charges of obstructing or defeating the course of justice and another charge of inciting public violence. Their cases are currently before the Courts of Law.

The CCC party has a long history of violence dating back to its formation when it was still branded as MDC. Roy Bennett, the late former MDC legislator once physically assaulted Patrick Chinamasa who was the Minister of Justice at the time, during a Parliamentary session.

Recently, CCC interim spokesperson, Fadzayi Mahere, who is also a legislator, was warned to desist from taking pictures and posting them on social media during a court session. In this case, Mahere was being tried for communicating falsehoods prejudicial to the State.  While in another case, CCC legislators were barred from entering Parliament after turning up for a session dressed in yellow neck-ties knowing fully well that dressing in party regalia or anything that symbolises a party colour is prohibited from Parliament.