Police Acted Illegally In Arresting Joanah Mamombe
2 March 2019
Jane Mlambo| Police could have breached the parliamentary standing rules and orders by arresting Harare West MP Joanah Mamombe while she was on parliamentary business in Nyanga.
According to the parliamentary rules, legislators cannot be arrested while they are in the house and the same applies to when they are on any parly business like the meeting she was attending in Nyanga.
” In terms of the law when an MP is attending a Parliamentary event eg a workshop they are deemed to be in Parliament. It is improper to arrest someone in Parliament. There is no need to embarrass her. They could have simply summoned her to the police station!,” lawyer, Douglas Mwonzora also said.