Fire Travelgate MPs – parliamentary committee

It says the recommendation that ‘the strongest possible action’ be taken against the MPs will be submitted to National Assembly Speaker Baleka Mbete. If she agrees with the finding, Mbete would have to forward it to the political parties concerned to do the actual firing. Parliament itself does not have the power to fire MPs, given that they serve at the behest of their parties in terms of the country’s proportional representation electoral system. Full report in The Mercury not available online