{"id":34182,"date":"2021-02-04T16:45:22","date_gmt":"2021-02-04T14:45:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/?p=34182"},"modified":"2021-02-04T15:03:34","modified_gmt":"2021-02-04T13:03:34","slug":"mwonzora-assumes-the-role-of-the-opposition-leader-on-parliaments-top-committee","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.cc\/zimbabwe\/all-news\/mwonzora-assumes-the-role-of-the-opposition-leader-on-parliaments-top-committee","title":{"rendered":"Mwonzora Assumes The Role Of The Opposition Leader On Parliament\u2019s Top Committee"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/\">Africa-Press<\/a> &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\">Zimbabwe<\/a>. <\/strong><\/span>Newly elected MDC President Douglas Mwonzora has assumed the position of the opposition leader in the parliament\u2019s top committee, the Standing Rules and Orders Committee, The Herald reports.<\/p>\n<p>Mwonzora reportedly replaced Mutare Central legislator Mr. Innocent Gonese who has been part of the committee for a long time. The committee is responsible for setting the policies and management of Parliament<\/p>\n<p>When contacted for comment Mwonzora said he was nominated last year and it was not a new development:<\/p>\n<p>I was nominated late last year, but the announcement could not be made because Parliament was on recess,It is not a new or recent development.<\/p>\n<p>According to the publication, the committee comprises the following offices\/people:<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, unconfirmed reports are saying some activists in his party are crafting a strategy to get Mwonzora arrested for misappropriating funds, reports that have been denied by his spokesperson Witness Dube.<\/p>\n<p>More: The Herald<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; Zimbabwe. Newly elected MDC President Douglas Mwonzora has assumed the position of the opposition leader in the parliament\u2019s top committee, the Standing Rules and Orders Committee, The Herald reports. Mwonzora reportedly replaced Mutare Central legislator Mr. Innocent Gonese who has been part of the committee for a long time. The committee is responsible [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":34181,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,8,35,10,15],"tags":[1493,2189,1793,2932,1006,19],"class_list":{"0":"post-34182","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-all-news","8":"category-head-lines","9":"category-homepage-english","10":"category-parties","11":"category-twitter","12":"tag-africa-press","13":"tag-africa-press-zimbabwe-2","14":"tag-douglas-mwonzora","15":"tag-innocent-gonese","16":"tag-jacob-mudenda","17":"tag-zimbabwe"},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v24.1 (Yoast SEO v24.1) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Mwonzora Assumes The Role Of The Opposition Leader On Parliament\u2019s Top Committee - zimbabwe<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Newly elected MDC President Douglas Mwonzora has assumed the position of the opposition leader in the parliament\u2019s top c ...\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/all-news\/mwonzora-assumes-the-role-of-the-opposition-leader-on-parliaments-top-committee\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Mwonzora Assumes The Role Of The Opposition Leader On Parliament\u2019s Top Committee\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Newly elected MDC President Douglas Mwonzora has assumed the position of the opposition leader in the parliament\u2019s top c ...\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/all-news\/mwonzora-assumes-the-role-of-the-opposition-leader-on-parliaments-top-committee\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"zimbabwe\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2021-02-04T14:45:22+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2021-02-04T13:03:34+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/sites\/14\/2021\/02\/img-601bf0891f2e2.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1132\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"574\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/all-news\/mwonzora-assumes-the-role-of-the-opposition-leader-on-parliaments-top-committee\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/all-news\/mwonzora-assumes-the-role-of-the-opposition-leader-on-parliaments-top-committee\",\"name\":\"Mwonzora Assumes The Role Of The Opposition Leader On Parliament\u2019s Top Committee - 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