it is approved by a resolution passed within seven sitting days of the deployment at a joint sitting of the Senate and the National Assembly. 189 Political accountability for deployment of Defence Forces When the Defence Forces are deployed– (a) in Zimbabwe to assist in the maintenance of public order; or (b) outside Zimbabwe; the President must cause Parliament to be informed, promptly and in appropriate detail, of the reasons for their deployment and(i) where they are deployed in Zimbabwe, the place where they are deployed; (ii) where they are deployed outside Zimbabwe, the country in which they are deployed. 190 Command of Defence Forces (1) The President, as Commander-in-Chief of the Defence Forces, has power to determine their operational use. (2) An Act of Parliament may provide that– (a) the Defence Forces are to be under the command of a single Commander; or (b) each service of the Defence Forces, or any two or more of them jointly, are to be under the command of a separate Commander. (3) Every Commander of the Defence Forces, and every Commander of a service of the Defence Forces, must be appointed by the President after consultation with the Defence Forces Service Commission and the Minister responsible for defence. (4) Every Commander of the Defence Forces, and every Commander of a service of the Defence Forces, must exercise his or her command in accordance with the general directions of the Minister responsible for defence acting under the authority of the President. 191 Organisation and administration of Defence Forces An Act of Parliament must provide for the organisation, administration and discipline of the Defence Forces, including the appointment of persons to offices or ranks in the Defence Forces, their removal from office or reduction in rank, their punishment for breaches of discipline and the fixing of their conditions of service. 192 Defence Forces Service Commission (1) There is a Defence Forces Service Commission consisting of– (a) a chairperson, who must be the chairperson of the Public Service Commission or his or her delegate; and (b) at least two and not more than seven other members appointed by the President. (2) Persons appointed to the Defence Forces Service Commission must be chosen for their ability and experience in administration or their professional qualifications or their general suitability for appointment, and at least one of them must have held senior rank in the Defence Forces for one or more periods amounting to at least five years. (3)) The Defence Forces Service Commission has the functions that are conferred or imposed on it by this Constitution or an Act of Parliament, and these functions may include– - 72 -