Zimbabwe’s ruling ZANU PF party did not nominate a candidate for the key post of parliamentary speaker on Monday, leaving the role to be filled by the opposition, a Reuters reporter said. Zimbabwe’s parliament is due to elect a new speaker later on Monday but only Morgan Tsvangirai’s main opposition Movement for Democratic Change and a breakaway faction nominated candidates for the post. The parliamentary speaker is one of the most powerful posts in Zimbabwe politics.
(Newspaper Source)
(Sources on the ground report that Tsvangirai’s man, Lovemore Moyo, was elected as the Speaker of the House.
Voting was:
99 MDC Tsvangirai MPs
7 MDC Mutambara MPs
4 ZANU PF MPs - ‘debvhu)