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Zanu-PF supporting prosecutor resigns
16 Oct 2020 at 20:28hrs | Views
A prosecutor who was once forced to recuse herself from prosecuting an MDC Alliance MP has quit her job after standing for election in Zanu-PF internal elections.
Namatirai Chipere is contesting to be Zanu-PF's legal secretary in District Coordinating Committee elections in Gweru.
After reports emerged last week of her participation in the election, Prosecutor General Kumbirai Hodzi finally responded to the furore on Thursday, revealing that Chipere had resigned as a prosecutor.
"The government wishes to advise that in line with constitutional requirements, the prosecutor resigned from the National Prosecuting Authority," Hodzi said in a statement issued through the ministry of information.
The statement did not say when she resigned.
Chipere's open allegiance with Zanu-PF was a major sore point with opposition activists appearing in at the Magistrate's Court in Gweru charged with various public order offences.
In June, she was forced to recuse herself from the trial of Chiwundura MP Livingstone Chimina after the court was shown pictures of her in Zanu-PF regalia. Chimina was on trial for allegedly assaulting a Zanu-PF member.
Namatirai Chipere is contesting to be Zanu-PF's legal secretary in District Coordinating Committee elections in Gweru.
After reports emerged last week of her participation in the election, Prosecutor General Kumbirai Hodzi finally responded to the furore on Thursday, revealing that Chipere had resigned as a prosecutor.
"The government wishes to advise that in line with constitutional requirements, the prosecutor resigned from the National Prosecuting Authority," Hodzi said in a statement issued through the ministry of information.
The statement did not say when she resigned.
Chipere's open allegiance with Zanu-PF was a major sore point with opposition activists appearing in at the Magistrate's Court in Gweru charged with various public order offences.
In June, she was forced to recuse herself from the trial of Chiwundura MP Livingstone Chimina after the court was shown pictures of her in Zanu-PF regalia. Chimina was on trial for allegedly assaulting a Zanu-PF member.
Source - zimlive
