Recent reports that some highly placed Zanu PF government officials have been trying to improperly interfere with the work of the ZACC should be condemned in the strongest terms.The ZACC is an independent constitutional commission that should be left to impartially and freely investigate all cases of corruption that are brought before it. The operations of the ZACC will be severely compromised and weakened if powerful politicians and some other such well – placed Zimbabweans are allowed to derail and/or improperly interfere with the day to day operations of the ZACC. For as long as Zimbabwe is perceived as a country that tolerates and actually, encourages corruption, it will be virtually impossible for the country to attract meaningful domestic and foreign direct investment.
This is a clarion call to the ZACC to fearlessly and impartially investigate all reported cases of corruption. Zimbabweans are very keen to know what happened to the US$15 billion worth of diamonds that President Robert Mugabe recently disclosed had been pilfered from the Chiadzwa and Marange diamond fields. The people would also like to know what eventually happened to the millions of dollars that were looted from PSMAS. All these reported cases of massive corruption should never, ever be allowed to die a natural death.
All perpetrators of acts of corruption, no matter who they are, should have their day in court. Nothing short of this would be acceptable if Zimbabwe is to successfully uproot the cancer of corruption that is now so deeply embedded within our society.
MDC: Equal Opportunies For All
Obert Chaurura Gutu
MDC National Spokesperson
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