BITTER CABINET SHUNS PARLY

LOBAMBA - It’s gloves off once again between Cabinet ministers and Members of Parliament (MPs).

This transpired yesterday afternoon in Parliament where the entire Cabinet did not show up for a sitting which had been called by the Speaker, Themba Msibi.

The reason forwarded by Cabinet was that they had been kicked out of the House of Assembly by the MPs and therefore, there was no reason for them to turn up.

On two occasions last week, Cabinet which was led by the Deputy Prime Minister (DPM) Paul Dlamini, was excused from the House to go and address the issue of the non-payment of the elderly who had turned 60 this year and payment of the Phalala Fund Referral Scheme service providers.

As a result of Cabinets failure to pitch’, only two items that were on the Order Paper were worked on by the MPs, as the rest of the business needed the input of ministers.
It was clear by 3pm that no minister was about to show up in Parliament as there was not a single BMW X5 (ministers official vehicles) parked in the space reserved for them.

It was at this point that the Speaker asked the media and other government officials to leave the chamber and they engaged in a two-hour long caucus.

During this period, this reporter attempted to call several ministers who directed all questions regarding their absence to the Head of Government, the Prime Minister Sibusiso Barnabas Dlamini.

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