Mnangagwa, who took over from Robert Mugabe with the assistance of the military in 2017, has just reappointed Chief Justice Luke Malaba, who was due for retirement after reaching the cut-off age of 70.
An application to challenge the amendments and Malaba’s reappointment was filed at the high court in Harare this week by the Young Lawyers’ Association of Zimbabwe and liberation war veteran Frederick Mutanda.The other amendments, which were officially gazetted earlier this month, include the dropping of a clause on running mates and elected vice-presidents.The new provisions also pave the way for extending nonparliamentary Cabinet appointments from five to seven.
“The consolidation of power for the president has become too much, because the top judges and the chief justice are now at [his] mercy,” said Chikoromu. Some senior officials within the ruling Zanu-PF party say Mnangagwa is pre-empting a potential fall-out with his current deputy, the retired General Constantino Chiwenga, who they believe is angling to take over from him.The continually shrinking democratic space and the continued attacks on the rule of law are very worrying.
Says who?
A cunning EDiot
True!
Yohwe mbiri yatekeshera zvokwadi
zhowezhowe He is in power already comon
Who isn't?
brown_gugu
Who is not? That is the reason why MDC keeps splitting. MDC99, MDC-T, MDC-K, MDC-A. They're all POWER hungry!!
He has the levers of power wena msorobhangu
zhowezhowe Yes he is
Mnangagwa Is in power already nje
rare_gis The other option is to do it Mandela style Be a king in pple's hearts Mandela was more popular than seating Presidents Fight for pple's rights uplift them from poverty by providing housing hospitals employment upholding the constitution whilst at the helm The rest will follow
rare_gis The only way to hold the throne forever is to do it Mu7 style Make yo son army commander yo son in law prime minister yo uncle chairman of Zec Chief Justice father in law They will do the bidding for you if chips are down Otherwise youll wade off challenges yoself bt yu wont last
PlainHard He has it, he wants it forever🤭😂
zhowezhowe Amen
PlainHard Mnangagwa is power-tripping
Rubbish
Really? thought he already has the power?
zhowezhowe Chibaba icho he's breaking every record pasi pano
...power with no responsibility but clueless too
Stupid newspaper
Mnangagwa is going to win 2023 elections whether you like it or not we have already mind our mind deal with your CR7 state capture please idiots.
KenjieAtm Let's continue to humble ourselves before the Lord as we go down on our knees to say his name is above all other names in Heaven, on earth & under the earth. Phil 2:1that at the name of Jesus every knee shall bow,in heaven & on earth & under the earth Follow alfredmnyathi
zhowezhowe He has got power already. Power hungry?
This man must be banned from SA.
Zanu pf will rule forever. We can support Zanu pf but not support the politicians currently at the helm. We can take Zanu back to what it was in 1963.
All African leaders seems to be power hungry.
Same here Ramaphosa is purging potential opponents
Was he ever even a president
What a useless headline?🤷🏽♂️ Stating the obvious....something we already know
... while ordinary Zimbabweans are really hungry
...and not a peep fro ME obsessed DIRCO_ZA. Weird.
What a disappointment... really hoped that he'd change Zim for the better. He clearly is clueless...
Just like Cereal
And useles
Sounds like any other African President nothing new here
Very ZANU PF
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