Published: 28 November 2017

President Emmerson Mnangagwa says government has granted a three-month amnesty for the return of illegally externalised funds and assets, with no questions being asked or charges preferred against them.

In a statement to ZBC News this afternoon, President Mnangagwa said the period of this amnesty stretches from the 1st of December 2017 to the end of February 2018.

President Mnangagwa said: "As a first step towards the recovery of the illegally externalised funds and assets, the government is gazetting a 3-month moratorium within which those involved in the malpractice can bring back the funds and assets, with no questions being asked or charges preferred against them."

He said affected persons who wish to comply with this directive should liaise with the Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe for necessary facilitation and accounting.

"Upon the expiry of the three month window, government will proceed to effect arrest of all those who would not have complied with this directive, and will ensure that they are prosecuted in terms of the country's laws.

"Those affected are thus encouraged to take advantage of the three-month moratorium to return the illegally externalised funds and assets in order to avoid the pain and ignominy of being visited by the long arm of the law," said President Mnangagwa.

The President said activities linked to Operation Restore Legacy have among other issues helped to uncover cases where huge sums of money and other assets were illegally externalised by certain individuals and corporates.



- zbc

You might also want to read this

• Mnangagwa stuffs cabinet with family, loyalists
• Mnangagwa okays US dollar use
• Mnangagwa pledges to end machete wars
• Civil servants warn Mnangagwa, govt
• Mnangagwa woos Gamatox, G40 big guns
• Anti-sanctions march a wake-up call for Mnangagwa
• Mnangagwa accuses the clerics of being biased towards Chamisa
• Mnangagwa must call for referendum
• The future is tech, Mnangagwa
• Mnangagwa targets 'troublesome' doctors