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Grace Mugabe, Mnangagwa collide
01 Aug 2015 at 13:45hrs | Views
FIRST Lady Grace Mugabe yesterday revived her spirited campaign to have Prosecutor-General Johannes Tomana axed, a day after Vice-President Emmerson Mnangagwa declared him a "lord" of the National Prosecuting Authority (NPA).
Grace first called for Tomana's head last month after State media reported that he said 12-year-olds can consent to sex.
The First Lady labelled the senior government lawyer a pedophile who did not deserve to hold such an office.
Officiating at the launch of a campaign to end child marriages being spearheaded by the African Union (AU), Grace said people who "think that girls under 12 could be sexually active are abusers in their own right and must be banished from society.
"People who think that a 12-year-old child is allowed to be sexually active are wrong. It's unfair," she said.
"In most cases, people who think like that do not have children or if they do, they must be investigated because they could be abusing their own."
Last month, Tomana was also criticised by human rights activists for allegedly suggesting that it was acceptable for 12-year-old girls to get married and engage in sex.
Tomana's job came under threat as activists demonstrated against his utterances with some pushing for President Robert Mugabe to fire him.
But he survived the pressure after he claimed that he was quoted out of context as he was "merely stating the law" and not his personal views.
Grace first called for Tomana's head last month after State media reported that he said 12-year-olds can consent to sex.
The First Lady labelled the senior government lawyer a pedophile who did not deserve to hold such an office.
Officiating at the launch of a campaign to end child marriages being spearheaded by the African Union (AU), Grace said people who "think that girls under 12 could be sexually active are abusers in their own right and must be banished from society.
"In most cases, people who think like that do not have children or if they do, they must be investigated because they could be abusing their own."
Last month, Tomana was also criticised by human rights activists for allegedly suggesting that it was acceptable for 12-year-old girls to get married and engage in sex.
Tomana's job came under threat as activists demonstrated against his utterances with some pushing for President Robert Mugabe to fire him.
But he survived the pressure after he claimed that he was quoted out of context as he was "merely stating the law" and not his personal views.
Source - newsday
