THE Zimbabwe National Liberation War Veterans\u2019 Association (ZNLWVA) executive has thrown its weight behind the Zanu PF youth league\u2019s anti-corruption drive by calling on party and government officials implicated in corrupt activities to resign.<\/p>\n
Zanu PF secretary for war veterans Douglas Mahiya said those named in corrupt activities must do the \u201chonourable thing and resign\u201d instead of using the courts to try and clear their names.<\/p>\n
\u201cIf you are in government or holding a senior party position, you should resign when your name is fingered in corrupt activities,\u201d Mahiya told ex-combatants
\non Tuesday during a meeting held at the ZNLWVA Entumbane offices in Bulawayo.<\/p>\n
\u201cThere is nothing absolute with the law. Some of the accused are able to evade the justice system through the courts. So if your name has been fingered in
\ncorruption allegations; do the honourable thing and resign.<\/p>\n
Mahiya added: \u201cWe should speak against corruption. Some people will use legal technicalities to escape being jailed despite it being a fact that they stole
\nmoney.\u201d<\/p>\n
This comes at a time when the Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption Commission has been given arresting powers.<\/p>\n
Environment minister Priscah Mupfumira is the first senior government official named by the youth to face music, with charges of defrauding the National Social
\nSecurity Authority of over US$95 million.<\/p>\n
President Emmerson Mnangagwa is yet to set up a probe team to investigate the Zanu PF youth league\u2019s allegations.<\/p>\n
\u201cThis cancerous malady called corruption must be eradicated once and for all. Appropriate measures must be taken to clean the party and the nation at large of
\ncorruption. This, of course, includes government and the private sector,\u201d party spokesperson Simon Khaya-Moyo was quoted when announcing that Mnangagwa will
\nset up a commission to probe the corruption allegations.<\/p>\n
Information minister Monica Mutsvangwa has said Cabinet will wait for due process to take course before acting against those accused of corruption by the
\nyouth league.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
THE Zimbabwe National Liberation War Veterans\u2019 Association (ZNLWVA) executive has thrown its weight behind the Zanu PF youth league\u2019s anti-corruption drive by calling on party and government officials implicated in corrupt activities to resign. Zanu PF secretary for war veterans Douglas Mahiya said those named in corrupt activities must do the \u201chonourable thing and resign\u201d […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":1774,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,6],"tags":[253,530,83],"class_list":{"0":"post-12146","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-all-news","8":"category-economy","9":"tag-anti-corruption-commision","10":"tag-corruption","11":"tag-economy"},"yoast_head":"\n