CABINET COULD FACE VOTE OF NO CONFIDENCE - MP

LOBAMBA – Cabinet may find itself faced with a vote of no confidence if it does not properly account for how the money allocated towards the fight against COVID-19 is utilised.

Motshane MP Robert Magongo stated that the money included the E100 million which was passed by Parliament from the Supplementary Budget and that which was currently being raised by the Resource Mobilisation Committee.
MP Magongo said he had noted that there was a trend with government appointing CEOs into these resource mobililisation committees because the CEOs were believed to have money.

He mentioned that one liSwati had donated E1 million and wondered how that money was being utilised.
He said in South Africa, businesspeople donated food yet in the kingdom it seemed to be the opposite.
“Where is that money going and how is it allocated besides giving other politicians business? I would propose that the people who are currently being kept at the Ezulwini hotel be taken out of there,” said Magongo.

He was making reference to the Bethel Court, which is owned by Senate President Lindiwe Dlamini, after it was revealed that some of the suspected cases were being accommodated in hotels including Dlamini’s. 

Qualms

He said they had no qualms in passing a vote of no confidence in Cabinet or some ministers because they had nothing to lose.
“We do not want positions in Cabinet, but accountability for the money and in the same vein that money must be used to purchase masks,” said MP Magongo.
Meanwhile, Maseyisini MP Mduduzi ‘Small Joe’ Dlamini reminded the MPs that they could not just pass a vote of no confidence, but needed to consult.
Matsanjeni South MP Bomber Mamba said there was a clear division between MPs and Cabinet and therefore they needed to close the gap for the good of the country. 

Nkilongo MP Timothy Myeni said it was clear that parliamentarians were just scarecrows who were not recognised by government. “Sitilaylay nje,” he said in vernacular.  
Meanwhile, Shiselweni II MP Strydom Mpanza asked if the truck drivers who transported logs were quarantined because they went about as normal when crossing the Mahamba Border Post.

Mpanza said he was also concerned about the lack of personal protective equipment for people like paramedics as they were highly exposed.

Madlangempisi MP Sibusiso Scorpion Nxumalo said in as much as government advocated that 977 should be called there was hardly any response from that line and if one was lucky to find them they did not always have vehicles.
He also encouraged that government should go for an all-out testing drive in every Inkhundla.

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