Emmerson Mnangagwa
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa has been forced to underscore his government’s commitment to respecting court decisions after suffering embarrassment from his minister Ziyambi Ziyambi who brazenly threatened judges for blocking the incumbent’s spirited bid to prolong the life of unpopular Chief Justice Luke Malaba within the bench.
In signs the Harare administration was keen to remedy the boob, the justice ministry permanent secretary Virginia Mabhiza also issued an almost similar statement same day Tuesday telling all and sundry government respected court decision.
Writing on his Twitter Tuesday, Mnangagwa said all Zimbabweans must respect court decisions in comments seemed to have been directed at his under-fire minister.
Writing on his Twitter Tuesday, Mnangagwa said all Zimbabweans must respect court decisions in comments seemed to have been directed at his under-fire minister.
“In Zimbabwe, the independence of our Judiciary is vital to the survival of our democracy. When our courts speak, all Zimbabweans should listen.
“The Government of Zimbabwe wholeheartedly respects the independence of our Judiciary,” wrote President Mnangagwa.
On Saturday, High Court judge Happias Zhou and his colleagues braved possible political retribution from an unforgiving system when they ruled against Mnangagwa’s unpopular decision to extend Malaba’s term of office beyond his 70-year retirement age. data-full-width= >
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THE Zimbabwe Constitutional Amendment Bill (Number 2), which scraps the running mate in the supreme law and gives the president power to appoint judges, sailed through Senate today.
Sixty-five senators, including at least five from the opposition Movement for Democratic Change, voted for the Bill that was opposed by 10 legislators.
Justice Minister Ziyambi Ziyambi described the passage of the bill as “historic” while critics and some lawmakers called it a disastrous moment for Zimbabwe.
According to the Senate Hansard, he said, “… Historic in the sense that we debated, we came together and voted for a national cause. Historic in that we also were not fixated by the fact that we did a good job in 2013 but we also noticed some errors in that particular Constitution that did not allow us to come up with appropriate legislation in terms of our devolution agenda.
Zimbabwe: Constitution – Mnangagwa Power Play ‘A Great Betrayal of People’
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By Miriam Mangwaya
President Emmerson Mnangagwa is repeating mistakes made by his predecessor Robert Mugabe by seeking to amend the constitution to entrench his rule, political analysts have warned.
Mnangagwa and his ruling Zanu PF have been pushing through Parliament a raft of amendments to the supreme law, that critics say will result in the creation of an imperial presidency.
Zanu PF has received the backing of an unlikely ally in the crusade to remake the 2013 constitution in the Douglas Mwonzora- led MDC-T, which has voted with the ruling party twice to pass the amendments.