The opposition in parliament has continued to boycott parliament following the government’s delay to address their concerns.
The opposition legislators led by Nyendo-Mukungwe MP Mathias Mpuuga tasked the government to account for missing persons and the continuous detention of their supporters without trial.
“The Opposition will stay away from the proceedings until the government officially communicates to us, detailing how the issues we raised will be addressed, and giving a time frame within which they will be resolved,” Mpuuga said.
He stated that the executive is adamant and obstinate, our duty as opposition is to insist and the instance can be various. We are engaging the right gear and we aren’t about to change it, if necessity arises for us to change the gear, we will assess the feasibility of that engagement, but at the moment as their team leader, you probably might think the Executive is comfortable, probably the comfort is on their faces, but they
The Leader of Opposition in Parliament (LoP) said the opposition is going to change tactics, saying the team is on course.
Mpuuga also laughed off claims that the boycott isn’t paying off because the Gov’t has refused to oblige by the demands and business at Parliament has continued, noting that such individuals shouldn’t purport to know how he works because any attempts to do cram work on how he conducts his business will see such individuals crash.
“They also purport to know me, yet they don’t know me. That is the danger & mistakes that people make, purporting to know people they do not know & they are forgivable for their ignorance. I don’t do anything by cram work, those who have known me, know that I respond to issues depending on how they were raised. I have some level of imagination and that is how I handle them, so ask them to drop their cram work. I assess situations and supply answers depending on the conditions prevailing and if anybody tries to cram me, they will crash. I am not linear by the way I work,” Mpuuga said.
“After that meeting with government, no progress had been made, save for a transitory commitment with no time frame to the effect that they are ready to respond to the issues we raised and pour stance then and now is that we are out of plenary sittings until we have received response and there is no new development since then,”
“I also see some attempts at blackmailing me and my office, I follow it, I want to advise whoever is financing whoever so please take your paycheck but report what we say, do not misrepresent me and my office, if you have any questions raise them, I have never failed to make a response even if it is really flat. Raise the questions, do not attempt at blackmail because I never buckle at blackmail. Otherwise you aren’t helping the cause of citizens, for you to divert us into small things. If you have any questions, raise them here or shut up,” he said.
