MPS FLOODED WITH PLEAS FOR HELP AFTER 32% INCREMENT

MBABANE – The 32 per cent windfall for politicians, dubbed ‘dvuladvula’, came with long trail of lines by those seeking assistance forcing some of the legislators to forsake their residences over the weekend.

A floodgate of requests by the electorate to some Members of Parliament (MPs) are said to have started as early as Thursday. MPs said following the news of their increment and back pay, for which they blamed the media for propagating, their constituents visited them to collect on their votes.

Following this, many have narrated that winning national elections had no monetary benefit. According to a number of the elected MPs interviewed by this publication yesterday, their constituents came to collect on their votes.
Politicians lamented that the influx of requests woke them up as early as 4am and they could not do much about it. Some conceded that they had to ‘flee’ their homesteads for a couple of days.
Even though most of the MPs did not want their names outrightly mentioned, one said he took his family with after noticing the large number of people trickling in to seek monetary assistance.

Another mentioned that he had to come up with a good excuse to leave his homestead as well. “People were coming in numbers and I had no choice but to leave for a while,” another mentioned.
Lubulini Constituency MP Muzi Gwebu said he had left the country on Saturday and returned yesterday due to church obligations. He stated that before his departure for South Africa, requests had already been forwarded by many. “I am away as we chat; I am in Durban,” he said.

He noted that his trip had coincided with the ‘dvuladvula’ weekend.
Also, Siphofaneni Constituency MP, Gun-dwane Gamedze said he had no alternative but to stay put in his constituency despite the endless requests he received. He said his winning formula was that he spent time with the electorate and they knew that whenever he had something to spare, he offered them. “I have nowhere to go as I was born here,” he said.

Meanwhile, Mbabane East Constituency MP Esther Dlamini said she had stayed put at her place of residence. She noted that people took note of their pay increment and reinstated their needs; however, she highlighted that some were chancers who were taking advantage of the situation and seeking to make a quick buck.

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