Zimbabwe: Senate Expected to Vote On Amendment Bill

Senate is next Tuesday expected to vote on Constitution of Zimbabwe Amendment (Number One) Bill after the proposed law went through committee stage in the Upper House yesterday. The Bill sailed through the National Assembly on Tuesday. Vice President Emmerson Mnangagwa, who oversees the Ministry of Justice, Legal and Parliamentary Affairs, steered the Bill, where he argued that the proposed constitutional amendments were consistent with global best practices.

The Bill seeks to confer the President the powers to appoint the Chief Justice, his deputy and High Court Judge president after consultation with the Judicial Service Commission. Senators from the MDC-T walked out after the second reading after noting that they could do little to stop passage of the Bill.

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