Zimbabwe: Constitutional Lawyers Confident Court Challenges to Amendment Will Succeed

Constitutional lawyers Tendai Biti and Professor Lovemore Madhuku say they are confident that legal challenges against the recently enacted constitutional amendment will succeed arguing that the courts have a duty to uphold the Constitution despite concerns over judicial independence.

Speaking during a press conference organised by Sungano yeVanhu – Ubumbano Lomphakathi (The People’s Coalition), a broad coalition advocating constitutional democracy, the rule of law and the sovereignty of the…