WITH less than four years after Zimbabweans overwhelmingly voted for a new supreme law, ZANU-PF is back to its old habits. A Bill has been introduced to give effect to the amendment of the Constitution to give President Robert Mugabe powers to appoint a Chief Justice, his or her deputy, and the judge president of the High Court.
These posts constitute the central plank in the Judiciary sine quo non to the independence or otherwise of this branch of the State. Giving rise to this knee-jerk amendment is the imminent retirement of Godfrey Chidyausiku, the Chief Justice, next month.
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