‘Executive Powers , Zimbabwe’s Constitution Sought To Curtail, Are Being Sneaked Back Into Statutes ‘

‘Executive Powers , Zimbabwe’s  Constitution Sought To Curtail, Are Being Sneaked Back Into  Statutes ‘

      RESEARCH and Advocacy Unit (RAU) has sensationally claimed excessive Executive powers that the Constitution sought to curtail were being smuggled back into the statutes during the realignment process. RAU senior researcher Derek Matyszak raised the concerns in a research paper titled Reluctant Reformers: Legislative Misalignment and the New Constitution released last Friday. “Zimbabwe’s Constitution is currently being violated in several ways — the failure to establish constitutionally — required institutions, the failure…

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‘ To Escape From Political Turmoil & Socio-economic Collapse We Need Electoral Reforms’-MDC T

‘ To Escape From Political Turmoil & Socio-economic Collapse We Need Electoral Reforms’-MDC T

The State-controlled Sunday Mail newspaper, in its latest edition, reported that Zimbabwe will , inter alia, engage international experts for implementation of a biometric voting system for the 2018 general election. Whilst the MDC welcomes any moves to ensure and guarantee the holding of a free and fair plebiscite in 2018, we should hasten to add that the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (ZEC) should always strive to be sincere, honest, transparent and accountable in all its…

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