Zanu-PF has addressed the allegations of corruption involving Mike Chimombe, a prominent member of the party’s Central Committee, its second-highest decision-making body after the Politburo.
Chimombe, along with Moses Mpofu and Wicknell Chivayo, has been summoned by the Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption Commission (ZACC) for interviews. This is part of an investigation into alleged money laundering and abuse of office related to a contractual dispute over supplying election materials to the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (ZEC).
Speaking to ZiFM Stereo on Tuesday, Zanu-PF Director of Information Farai Marapira discussed the implications of high-ranking members like Mike Chimombe being implicated in corruption. While some expected Chimombe to be suspended until cleared of the allegations, Marapira emphasized that Zanu-PF believes in the principle of innocence until proven guilty.
Marapira emphasized that Chimombe’s position as a Central Committee member does not shield him from potential prosecution if the allegations against him are substantiated.
“As a party, we work according to the tenants of the law. A person is innocent until proven guilty. But suffice to say the president has said that, “No one is above the law. We are all equal before the law. So being a Central Committee member, being a card-carrying member, being a provincial member or being at whatever level of the party does not exempt one from the strictures of the law when the law is flaunted,”
Marapira explained.
