He said the grading must be done at party level.
“We need people who can read a policy paper and be able to comprehend it,” said Makumbe, who added “the quality of debate in the august House is an indication of the general collapse of debate in the country.”
Political analyst Charles Mangongera said the quality of debate underscores the level of mediocrity within the governance structure of the legislature. He said most of those that joined politics after 2000 were driven by bravery rather than skill and sound academic background.
“Some of them joined politics without any grounding in academia to enable them to grasp issues let alone comprehend them,” Mangongera said. “This is why we have such archaic and weird proposals coming from our legislators.”
He said both Zanu PF and the two MDC formations needed to embark on a comprehensive talent and skills search to groom leaders of tomorrow.Mlotshwa’s proposal also ignited debate on social network, Facebook.
Another political analyst Alex Magaisa on Facebook said the power to govern-based on popularity alone was flawed and can be recipe for mediocrity. He said he adored the US system where the president chooses his cabinet from across the board, whether or not one is a parliamentarian.
“They recognised the flaw that democracy does not always give you the best candidates who merit the role of exercising executive powers,” he said.One Tawanda Muchinguri said the problem rests with the people who vote such people into office.
“Even if one was to have sex once a month without protection but with 12 people in a year what will we solve?” he said.
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Magaisa said Mlotshwa made the presumption that the so-called “appetite” is held exclusively by the male, which is not necessarily correct and has no scientific basis.
One Bright Mushure commented, “It’s unfortunate the lawmaker has decided to take such a long holiday from common sense. I will only take her seriously when she comes back from the vacation.”
