{"id":14622,"date":"2019-10-10T18:24:41","date_gmt":"2019-10-10T16:24:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.com\/zimbabwe\/?p=14622"},"modified":"2019-10-10T18:24:41","modified_gmt":"2019-10-10T16:24:41","slug":"pgs-appointment-challenge-finally-kicks-off","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.cc\/zimbabwe\/all-news\/pgs-appointment-challenge-finally-kicks-off","title":{"rendered":"PG\u2019s appointment challenge finally kicks off"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A Harare lawyer\u2019s Constitutional Court (ConCourt) bid to force President <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Emmerson_Mnangagwa\">Emmerson Mnangagwa<\/a>\u2019s appointment of Kumbirai Hodzi as Prosecutor General has finally kicked off Wednesday.<\/p>\n<p>Joshua Chirambwe the applicant in the matter is arguing Hodzi\u2019s appointment was ultra-vires the country\u2019s Supreme law.<\/p>\n<p>Chirambwe\u2019s lawyer, Advocate Thabani Mpofu told the ConCourt bench headed by Justice Paddington Garwe that President Mnangagwa failed to adhere to Constitutional provisions and rejected qualified candidates without cause.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere was creation of a further list which was done in circumstances contrary to the law,\u201d said Mpofu.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe first respondent (Mnangagwa) sought to influence the decision of the Judicial Services Commission (JSC).<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe (Mnangagwa) appointed a person who disqualified himself during the public interview by announcing that he is not prepared to be independent but to take instructions from the executive,\u201d Mpofu further submitted.<\/p>\n<p>In the application, Mnangagwa, the JSC, Chief Justice Luke Malaba, Justice minister Ziyambi Ziyambi and Hodzi are cited as respondents.<\/p>\n<p>It is Chirambwe\u2019s claims that Hodzi is not fit for the top prosecutorial job, adding that his appointment, which was marred by controversy, must therefore, be declared null and void.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe interviews were conducted in full public glare and the fact that fifth respondent (Hodzi) had a torrid time is known to all who cared to follow that process. To me, it was clear that he had shown that he was clearly disqualified from being appointed to the position of PG.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt was there for all to see. The commissioners scored him so badly (that) at the end of the day, he sat at the bottom of the pile. He was clearly and effectively out of the reckoning,\u201d Chirambwe said in his founding affidavit.<\/p>\n<p>In response F Chimbari who was representing Mnangagwa and Ziyambi challenged the allegations and told the full bench that Chirambwe did not support his arguments with any evidence.<\/p>\n<p>Chimbari also submitted that Mnangagwa had discretion to appoint a PG of his choice.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe applicant must establish facts which establish failure to adhere to Constitutional provisions by the first and fourth (Mnangagwa and Ziyambi). This has not been done,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe basis of the alleged failure is based in speculations . Criteria for rejecting a list is not set out in the Constitution.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Chimbari added: \u201cSurely, the President cannot be called upon to give reasons why there was a second list when the Constitution does not call for him to do so.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Hodzi was one of the several candidates who took part in public interviews last year following the dismissal of Ray Goba.<\/p>\n<p>Ruling on the matter was yet to be made.<\/p>\n<p>Other candidates who participated in the interviews were Calvin Mantsebo, Tinomudaishe Chinyoka, Misheck Hogwe, Jessie Majome, Justice Maphios Cheda, Wendy Chingeya, Florence Ziyambi, Edios Marondedza and Noria Mashumba with Mantsebo, Chinyoka and Hogwe, emerging the top three.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A Harare lawyer\u2019s Constitutional Court (ConCourt) bid to force President Emmerson Mnangagwa\u2019s appointment of Kumbirai Hodzi as Prosecutor General has finally kicked off Wednesday. Joshua Chirambwe the applicant in the matter is arguing Hodzi\u2019s appointment was ultra-vires the country\u2019s Supreme law. Chirambwe\u2019s lawyer, Advocate Thabani Mpofu told the ConCourt bench headed by Justice Paddington Garwe [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":14626,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,12],"tags":[34,91,629,566],"class_list":{"0":"post-14622","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-all-news","8":"category-policy","9":"tag-emmerson-mnangagwa","10":"tag-harare","11":"tag-kumbirai-hodzi","12":"tag-mpofu"},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v24.1 (Yoast SEO v24.1) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>PG\u2019s appointment challenge finally kicks off - zimbabwe<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"A Harare lawyer\u2019s Constitutional Court (ConCourt) bid to force President Emmerson Mnangagwa\u2019s appointment of Kumbirai Hodzi as Prosecutor General\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/all-news\/pgs-appointment-challenge-finally-kicks-off\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"PG\u2019s appointment challenge finally kicks off\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"A Harare lawyer\u2019s Constitutional Court (ConCourt) bid to force President Emmerson Mnangagwa\u2019s appointment of Kumbirai Hodzi as Prosecutor General\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/all-news\/pgs-appointment-challenge-finally-kicks-off\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"zimbabwe\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2019-10-10T16:24:41+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/2019\/10\/ED-and-Prosecutor-general-Kumbirai-Hodzi.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"800\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"550\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/all-news\/pgs-appointment-challenge-finally-kicks-off\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/all-news\/pgs-appointment-challenge-finally-kicks-off\",\"name\":\"PG\u2019s appointment challenge finally kicks off - 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