PROSECUTOR-GENERAL Ray Goba’s stay at the helm of the
National Prosecuting Authority is at risk of being cut short following a
decision by the Judicial Service Commission (JSC) to have him face a tribunal.
At its meeting on Wednesday morning, the JSC agreed to
recommend that President Emmerson Mnangagwa sets up a tribunal to investigate
his suitability to hold office.
Highly-placed sources said following the meeting, JSC
secretary Walter Chikwanha is reported to have informed the Justice ministry of
its decision and also wrote to President Emmerson Mnangagwa putting Goba’s
troubled stay at the helm of the NPA into fresh turbulence.
But Chikwanha last night said the commission’s
deliberations were highly-confidential and was therefore unable to comment on
Goba’s case.
Justice ministry permanent secretary Virginia Mabhiza asked
NewsDay to call her after an hour, but her number could not be reached later.
Goba, who was appointed under controversial circumstances
last year, is accused of failing in his duties to prosecute several corruption
cases.
He is also accused of putting his office into disrepute by
trading insults with lawyers and has allegedly been sneaking out of the
country, on certain occasions, without Cabinet authority.
Goba told NewsDay he had not yet been informed of the
decision of the JSC, although he acknowledged that there was a plot to oust
him.
“I am one of the most qualified lawyers in the country and
any allegations of incompetence against me are shocking,” he said.
“If it is true, I am really stunned. I took this job because
of one person — the President. When he was my minister and Vice-President, he
supported me in my career in public service and when he asked me to national
duty, I took it.”
He called on the people allegedly behind the push to oust
him to come out in the open and declare their dislike for him instead of hiding
behind false allegations.
Goba had to abandon his private practice to return to
public service two years ago. Newsday
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