By Rungano Dzikira

Nelson Chamisa has been left with egg on the face as MDC legislators rejected the decision to leave parliament arguing that they should have been consulted before the disengagement decision was reached.

Of the 56 combined MPs and senators who attended the caucus meeting chaired by Tendai Biti, only three-Jaona Mamombe, Virginia Muradzikwa and Shakespear Hamauswa supported the disengagement mantra from Parliament.

According to an inside source, most of the MPs are said to have resolved to stay put, as they are tired of Chamisa’s dictatorial tendencies.

“Is this consultation or imposition? They can’t consult us after making the announcement, instead consultations should have preceded the announcement because such matters affect us financially and politically,” he said.

“Vamwe takatengesa mota ne mombe kumusha uko kuti tikwanise ku campaigner (some of us parted with cars and cows to get to this position),” lamented one legislator.

This is against the background that most MPs rely on their parliament seating allowances for their livelihoods, as well as their careers which they are reluctant to see coming to an end.

Likewise Senator Morgan Femai and Hon. Peter Moyo are said to have quizzed the reason why they were being frog-marched out of parliament given that they used personal resources for campaigns.

The caucus meeting held at Harvest House failed to yield the desired outcome as the MPs outrightly rejected their ‘leader’s disengagement decision.

Legislators are said to have told off Biti and Kore arguing that they wouldn’t leave Parliament on the basis of a so called Standing Committee which had imposed the decision on them.

The MPs in attendance are said to have also questioned Chamisa’s refusal to attend the Extra Ordinary Congress as per Supreme Court judgement to solidify his position as the party’s president since all were in agreement that he would win.

They also questioned why the renowned law gurus, Biti and the young advocate president were failing to abide by the dictates of the law and party constitution, a situation which would have been avoided if they had followed the constitution in the first instance.

Satirically, one MP from Harare told Biti that church members do not follow a pastor when transferred to another city but rather remain at their branch; implying that though Chamisa had been transferred from his position to another, party members would remain put.

Since Parliament will be opening on the 19th of May 2020, this will be D-day for Chamisa to gauge loyalty among his cadres.