An opposition member of parliament has urged President Emmerson Mnangagwa to appoint a second vice president to fill in the void left by former Vice-President Kembo Mohadi who resigned last year after a sex scandal.
In the National Assembly yesterday, Magwegwe MP Anele Ndebele (MDC Alliance) said: “It is my duty as a representative of my people to make this demand … It is ironic that the independence celebrations were held in Bulawayo, but we the people of Matabeleland feel and bemoan the effects of exclusionary politics.”
Ndebele added that the second VP should be appointed in line with the Unity Accord.
“In the politics of our country, the Presidium is a very powerful body in matters of national unity and devolution and decentralisation. The appointment of a second VP is needed now more than ever because our society is highly polarised,” he said.
The post of the second VP was created following the 1987 Unity Accord between Zanu-PF and the former PF Zapu party led by the late Vice-President Joshua Nkomo.
Since then the country has had two VPs, but former Vice-President Joice Mujuru served alone from 2009 to 2014 following the death of Joseph Msika from the former PF Zapu side.
