CAB3 undermines accountability: Human Rights commission

The Zimbabwe Human Rights Commission (ZHRC) has raised constitutional and democratic concerns over key provisions in the proposed Constitutional Amendment Bill No. 3 (CAB3), warning that the changes risk undermining accountability, public participation and the rule of law.

Addressing the media on the Commission’s analysis of CAB3, ZHRC chairperson Jessie Majome said the Bill contains provisions that could weaken constitutional safeguards and concentrate executive power.

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