Minister Ziyambi Says Report Sent To The ICC On Mnangagwa Is A Waste Of Time, Really?
19 June 2019
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The International Criminal Court (ICC) has confirmed they received a request by Zimbabweans to have President Emmerson Mnangagwa arrested over the August 1, 2018 shootings which left at least six people dead in Harare.

This was revealed in an email the ICC sent to VOA Studio7.

Human rights lawyer and director of the Africa Regional Programme of the International Commission of Jurists (ICJ), Arnold Tsunga has however said that the case is likely to be thrown out since Zimbabwe is not a member of the ICC.

He said that the matter can only be referred to the UN Security Council where chances of it being considered are also very slim.

He further said that the matter is likely not to be accepted considering that the current Zimbabwean situation is stable, unlike that of the Sudan.

VOA Studio7 also spoke to the Minister of Justice, Ziyambi Ziyambi who argued that the report that was sent to the ICC was a waste of time. He said that the ICC does not have jurisdiction to deal with issues to do with non-state actors unless it gets a report from the United Nations Security Council.

He described the act of sending the report to the ICC as foolish. Ziyambi also said that the move reflects that the people who sent the report do not understand how the law operates.

At six people died on August 1, 2018 after protesters went on the streets claiming the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (ZEC) had ‘delayed’ to announce the results of the 30 July elections. This is despite that ZEC still had more days at law within which to declare the winner in the general election.

Government sent in the army which opened live fire and people died. A commission led by former South African President Kgalema Mothlanthe was set up by President Emmerson Mnangagwa and it gave its recommendations to ensure such incidents do not happen in futuee.

-Voa