Former MDC legislator for Harare West Ms Jessie Majome on
Thursday said she was no longer a political activist, having quit politics on
July 31 this year.
Responding to questions during a public interview to select
the country’s new substantive Prosecutor-General, Ms Majome said she was now an
apolitical and professional legal practitioner aspiring to hold the esteemed
office.
Ms Majome was one of the 10 lawyers who participated in the
selection process held at Rainbow Towers Hotel in Harare to replace Advocate
Ray Goba, who resigned in August this year.
The other nine candidates were: Justice Maphios Cheda, Mr
Tinomudaishe Chinyoka, Mrs Wendy Chingeya, Mrs Florence Ziyambi, Mr Kumbirai
Hodzi, Mr Misheck Hogwe, Mr Tichaona Mantsebo, Ms Noria Mashumba and Mr Edmund
Marondedze.
Asked to comment on whether she will be able to hold the
PG’s Office without political bias, Ms Majome told the panel that she ceased to
be a politician a day after this year’s harmonised elections.
“I am not an activist. I am a legal practitioner. I have
been a political activist for years but I quit politics on July 31, 2018.
“I believe I have done enough national service through
politics. It is indeed a service to the society and I have utilised the
opportunity to the fullest. I have no appetite to do it again,” she said.
Ms Majome said she no longer had any ties with the
opposition MDC party.
“I ceased to be MDC well before the election date and I
participated in the election as an independent. I am not a member of any
political party and I don’t intend to advance interests of any political party
in the event that I am appointed PG.
“The job requires someone who is impartial and able to
execute his or her functions without bias. I happen to be the ideal candidate
for the post,” she said.
Ms Majome also told the panel that she has since accepted
defeat in the election. I participated in the election and I lost. I have since
accepted defeat,” she said.
The public interviews started on Thursday at 10am and ended
on Friday around 1.30pm.
Eleven commissioners of the Judicial Service Commission
(JSC) sat as the panellists at the public interviews and they are expected to
compile the list of the top performers and recommend them for appointment to
the Executive.
The President will appoint the next PG from the list to be
forwarded to him by the JSC in terms of the supreme law of the country. Herald
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