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Roger Stringer, a Harare publishing consultant, is challenging the Speaker of Parliament Honorable Lovemore Moyo to explain the verification process that led to the short-listing of nominees subject to final appointment to serve on the statutory Zimbabwe Media Commission (ZMC).
Stringer was reportedly positioned in sixth place out of the 27 candidates who were interviewed by the Parliamentary Standing Rules and Orders Committee (SROC) for possible appointment to the ZMC. In a letter written to the Speaker on 4 January 2010, Stringer alleges that he was dropped from the list of nominees submitted to President Robert Mugabe in order to accommodate Zanu PF politicians. The President has since appointed nine members to serve on the ZMC out of the 12 that were submitted to him. “As a participant in that process who had no party-political affiliation and trusted that it would be conducted in a professional manner, I believe that not only I but the Zimbabwean public as a whole are owed an explanation of what took place,” reads part of his letter according to a report carried by the weekly Zimbabwe Independent in its weekly edition of 22 January 2010. |
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