Correspondent|THE Spokesperson of the Commission of Inquiry into the August 1 killings, John Masuku, has said that President Emmerson Mnangagwa has the prerogative to release or not to release the Commission’s final report to the public.

Masuku also said that the final report, which had been pencilled for release today, could not be released as it was still being “polished”, a shocking revelation considering that the spokesperson had said yesteday the report had gone for printing at government printers.

Only the Executive Summary of the report has so far been released and was presented to President Emmerson Mnangagwa on Friday by Commission chairperson former South African President Kgalema Motlanthe.

“Today, the commission presented to the President what we call an executive summary, while the complete report will be presented this Saturday,” Masuku said on Friday, addressing the media.

He added: “In short, what I am saying is that, yes, the report is complete, but we have sent it to government printers for printing and binding, and it shall be presented to the President and public this Saturday.”

“Motlanthe’s Commission has lost all credibility,” former Cabinet Minister Professor Jonathan Moyo said, commenting on the latest developments.

“They now say their report “is still being polished” (i.e. being written) yet two days ago they said it will be out today after giving Mnangagwa a summary. They’ve been stung by criticism they wrote the report in one day,” Moyo said.

ZANU PF leader Emmerson Mnangagwa has several times said the report will be made public, but there is no guarantee that the report will be made public.

In the past, some reports of commissions of inquiry have never been made public. The reports into Gukurahundi in the 1980s, for example, have been kept secret and efforts to get them released through the courts of law have also failed.