Section 109 of the Zimbabwean Constitution

Pressure to impeach President Robert Mugabe over his “appalling handling” of the national economy is growing and risks throwing the country into fresh political crisis. Zimbabwe’s vocal opposition is calling for a non-partisan all-stakeholders conference to consider impeaching the 91-year-old president. Section 109 of the Zimbabwean Constitution allows a vote of no confidence to be passed in government through a joint resolution passed by at least two thirds of the total membership in Parliament. The…