Past ‘sins’ haunt Mnangagwa in Majome case

ACTIVIST Allan Chipoyi has challenged Attorney-General Virginia Mabiza’s decision to depose an opposing affidavit on behalf of President Emmerson Mnangagwa in a Constitutional Court challenge over the reassignment of former Zimbabwe Human Rights Commission (ZHRC) chairperson Jessie Majome to the Public Service Commission (PSC).

Chipoyi, represented by lawyers from Mtetwa and Nyambirai Legal Practitioners, argues that Mnangagwa violated the Constitution by removing Majome from her position as ZHRC chairperson without obtaining a tribunal recommendation, as required under section 187 of the Constitution.

The activist filed the application under section 167(2)(d) of the Constitution, seeking a declaration that the President failed to fulfil his constitutional obligation when he terminated Majome’s tenure as chairperson and reassigned her to PSC.

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