MDC-T lament Constitutional Amendment Bill

THE MDC-T Bulawayo province has castigated the passing of the Constitution Amendment Bill Number 1 in Parliament last week as retrogressive and an assault on constitutionalism.

The Bill will be the first amendment to the Constitution since it was passed in 2013, and MDC-T Bulawayo provincial spokesperson, Felix Magalela Mafa Sibanda said this was frustrating.

“The Bulawayo and all progressive organisations are bitter that Zanu PF parliamentarians have eaten up their consciences by overwhelmingly passing the judiciary Bill to give the President absolute power to single-handedly appoint the Chief Justice and his deputy without the involvement of Parliament,” he said.

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