Information ministry permanent secretary Nick Mangwana said
claims that Minister Mupfumira was being targeted because she was among Zanu PF
MPs accused of plotting to impeach Mnangagwa were not true.
“Let’s not lace the significance of this milestone with
idle pub talk. Never before has a serving minister been arrested and arraigned
before the courts,” he said.
“Let’s see this for what it is: a turning point in the
fight against corruption. The nation has been crying for ZACC to show its
teeth.
“Zacc has bared its fangs and the fight against corruption
will never be the same. Those who think this case is about politics and not
public accountability have another thing coming. They will know that this new
dispensation and zero tolerance to corruption means just that.”
However, contrary to Mangwana’s claims former Finance
minister Chris Kuruneri was arrested in 2004 while he was still in government.
ZACC chairperson Justice Loice Matanda-Moyo declined to
comment on the matter, saying they had said enough about the commission’s
independence.
“Give us time to focus on delivering our mandate. We shall
only respond to new issues,” she said.
A member of Mupfumira’s family said she believed that she
was being targeted by her political rivals. “We all know these charges are false,
it’s a political ploy and she knows it. That is why for us as a family we are
saying let the charges come and we will fight them,” she said.
Former Zanu PF provincial chairperson Temba Mliswa claimed
Social Welfare minister Sekai Nzenza had gone into hiding after indications she
was being targeted for arrest in connection with Mupfumira’s case, but police
dismissed the allegations.
Mnangagwa’s allies in Zanu PF in January alleged that they
were being targeted by unknown people who wanted them to ditch the president
through an impeachment.
Last year in the run-up to the elections, the president
said he was aware of a plan by aspiring ruling party MPs to impeach him before
his term ended. Standard
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