Justice Minister Ziyambi Ziyambi has said that the new Zimbabwe Republic Police (ZRP) Commissioner General Tandabantu Godwin Matanga should be given a chance to restore the integrity and credibility of the police force without being judged based on his tenure as deputy commissioner general.
Ziyambi was responding to MDC-T Binga North MDC-T legislator Mr Prince Dubeko Sibanda’s assertion that Matanga was part of police bosses who presided over falling standards in the police force. Said Ziyambi:
As you may be aware, we now have a new Commissioner General of police. One of his functions is to ensure that the integrity of the force and status that it enjoyed in past is restored. It is our hope that the Commissioner will do his duties accordingly.
The Honourable Member is casting aspersions on the character of the Commissioner General without any evidence — which, with all due respect, I believe is not necessary. He is a new man on the job. He has been tasked to do a job and casting aspersions on his character without any substantive evidence is wrong. The way I responded is the Hon. Member has indicated that the Commissioner General is tainted and in the absence of what has tainted him, he is deemed to be an innocent man.
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