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(TALKZIMBABWE) Tsvangirai ignorant of Zimbabwe's constitution

COMMENT - Odd that a party which shouts so loudly about the 'rule of law' (except at tax time) has so little respect or understanding of the highest law in the land.

Tsvangirai ignorant of Zimbabwe's constitution
By: SuperT
Posted: Monday, October 11, 2010 10:36 pm

DOES Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai have real lawyers to advise him? I wonder. His ignorance on constitutional matters is really monumental to say the least. From whence did he get executive powers to recall ambassadors and to nullify judicial appointments?

Every Zimbabwean worth the citizenship knows that executive powers are vested in the president and Zimbabwe has only one president. Mr Tsvangirai knows who that is very well.

The fact the the Global Political Agreement and Amendment 19 say the president should consult the prime minister does not mean he has to bend or agree with what the prime minister says.

Consultations are just that, consultations and the final decision is for the President guided by the dictates of the supreme law.

Where is the concept of separation of power between the the executive and judiciary?

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The president only formalises the choice and recommendations of the Judiciary Commission. The Judiciary Commission is indeed a constitutional body answerable only to the supreme law of the land. Not even President Mugabe can nullify its decisions.

So what is the basis of Mr Tsvangirai's assertions.

What kind of democracy does Tsvangirai stand for?

It is high time the prime minister behaves and acts his age. For 'political God' Roy Bennett the prime minister will do anything. No wonder why MDC-T spokesman Nelson Chamisa believes Bennet is an 'Angel'.

The prime minister's poorly conceived shenanigans are a monumental embarrassment to the nation.

The prime minister is being stupidly selective here. There is something he is deliberately ignoring. That is his own appointment by President Mugabe. If he does not recognise the constitutional appointments, then it means he himself ceases to be the PM at law.

Why does the prime minister want to retain a semblance of recognition at law?

One wonders what the next self-serving press conference will be about. The only 'constituitional crisis' that I know of is the one brewing and lagering in the MDC-T party.

The national constitution is very much in tact Mr PM. That is a fact. I rest my case for now.

Ndatenda Hangu/ Siyabonga

Labels: CONSTITUTION, MDC

posted by MrK @ 2:53 PM