Mugabe no-show at Zimbabwe parliament – again

Former Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe’s has once again failed to appear before a parliamentary committee investigating missing diamond revenue.



Mr Mugabe had been invited to appear at 14:00 local time (13:00 GMT).

A news site which monitors parliament activities has tweeted that MP Themba Mliswa, who chairs parliament’s committee on mines, has said that they will invite the veteran leader one last time:

Mr Mliswa told the BBC last week that today’s set time had taken into account Mr Mugabe’s age.

@TembaMliswa : If he fails to attend this time then we take it to the next stage, but we are going to remind him of certain provisions in the Standing Orders of Parliament, we still respect him as former President and want his legacy to be protected #openparlyZW @TheFeedZW

— Open Parly ZW (@OpenParlyZw) May 28, 2018

He had warned they would bring in the police if the 93-year-old former leader failed to show up before the committee for a third time.

The lawmakers want Mr Mugabe to account for his comments during an interview in 2016, when he claimed $15bn (£11bn) in diamond revenue was missing through corruption.

It's Monday and we are at Parliament waiting for Mugabe to come and give oral evidence on the missing $15 billion, however the question is will he come today? #openparlyZW @JessieFMajome @TheFeedZW @MagambaTV @CitManifesto @ZELA_Infor @ZIMCODD1 pic.twitter.com/O5hUqc6HCb

— Open Parly ZW (@OpenParlyZw) May 28, 2018

Source:BBC