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2002 Presidential & Harare Municipal elections - Index of articles
Statement
on Jonathan Moyo's verbal attack on the President of the Law Society
Trustees of the
Legal Resources Foundation (LRF)
April 19, 2002
The Trustees of the
Legal Resources Foundation are appalled by the abusive and intemperate
attack on the President of the Law Society, Mr Sternford Moyo, by the
unelected Minister of State for Information and Publicity, Minister Jonathan
Moyo. The Minister’s unfortunate tendency to viciously denigrate statements
with which he disagrees, has become commonplace.
The Minister advocates
that the Law Society’s enabling statute should be reviewed urgently by
Parliament to ensure that it is not compromised by certain named parties.
This is his reaction to the observation by the President of Law Society,
at the recent Annual General Meeting, that the Society had "seen a number
of judgements which have caused us some anxiety " and "we have observed
a significant departure from the culture of upholding the Bill of Rights
in the Supreme Court." Indeed it must be said that society in general
has observed this same alarming trend of late.
The Law Society is
governed by the Legal Practitioners Act [Chapter 27 : 07]. Section
53 deals with the objects and powers of the Law Society, among which are
"to represent the views of the legal profession and to maintain its integrity
and stature". [S53 (b)]
In expressing his
concern, the President of the Law Society was not contributing to any
attempt to "dilute, if not destroy, Zimbabwe’s sovereignty" but was upholding
the mandate of the Society. He was also reflecting the views of a large
number of legal practitioners in Zimbabwe.
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