The Joint Operations Command (JOC) is the supreme organ for the coordination of state security in Zimbabwe.
[3] The JOC retained its role in the post-independence Zimbabwe Defence Forces, and has since been accused of manipulating elections and orchestrating political violence.
[4] The JOC has been accused of organising repression campaigns against both opposition partisans, civil society and the U.S.
[5] It has been claimed that in the wake of the Zimbabwean presidential election, the JOC de facto took over control of the day-to-day decision-making of government, effectively operating as a military junta.
It was to be chaired by Robert Mugabe and the former prime minister, Morgan Tsvangirai, was to be a sitting member.