The Parliamentary Portfolio Committee on Justice, Legal Affairs and Parliamentary Affairs, which is chaired by MDC spokesperson Douglas Mwonzora, is holding nationwide public hearings on the Bill.
On Friday evening, Mwonzora, who had managed to retain control of an otherwise ill-tempered and emotional meeting, lost the plot when he allowed some participants to continue with contributions that angered a section of the crowd.
This led to a 30-minute slanging match with the audience prompting Mwonzora to ask the participants to put their contributions in writing. “We will only continue with this meeting once you learn to listen to each other.
“Otherwise, I would advise that those that can write, they can write and make their submissions on paper,” he said.
A section of Zanu PF youths took advantage of the confusion and briefly sang revolutionary songs before some of their members snatched a notebook from one of the parliamentary clerks who were taking down submissions. “This is a notebook that one of the committee’s clerks used to record the public’s submissions,” Mwonzora said.
“This Zanu PF youth came and grabbed it.
“Obviously this was an attempt to steal the views that had come out.
“Unfortunately for that person, we had other recordings. We want to assure the people of Bulawayo that their views are safely recorded in another format,” he said.
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Similar meetings have been disrupted in Marondera, Masvingo and Mutare.
