Africa-Press – Zimbabwe. HARARE, July 30,2025,(NewsDayLive)- Opposition CCC legislator Chalton Hwende has spurned attempts to transfer him from the Portfolio Committee on Public Accounts Committee to the Energy and Power Development Committee, saying the move was unprocedural.
Hwende, who all along chaired the influential Public Accounts Committee, said he would have complied had the transfer been initiated by his party.
Deputy speaker Tsitsi Gezi announced the committee reassignments recently, but gave no reasons for the move.
“I wish to inform the House of the following further changes; Honourable Charlton Hwende has been reassigned as chairperson of the Portfolio Committee on Energy and Power Development from the Public Accounts Committee and Caston Matewu has been reassigned as chairperson of the Public Accounts Committee from the Portfolio Committee on Media, Information, Publicity and Broadcasting Services,” Gezi said.
Hwende, however, questioned the legitimacy of the changes and threatened legal action.
“My understanding is that the changes should occur as a result of a political party making a decision,” he said.
“There was no such decision by any political party and we should desist from this kind of behaviour.
“For the same reason, I understand that there is a court challenge that is before the courts that forbids that person who is making these changes from making such changes.
“I am not going to allow this Parliament to violate a court order that is before the court.
“Therefore, I am going to decline this nomination because I am not going to be part of this chaos.”
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