Zimbabwe: UK-Based Zimbabweans to Protest Mnangagwa's Constitutional Amendment Bill On Independence Day

Zimbabwean diaspora in London to stage Independence Day protest against constitutional changes they say will entrench presidential power. | Contesto: cronaca

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• Zimbabwe: UK-Based Zimbabweans to Protest Mnangagwa's Constitutional Amendment Bill On Independence Day

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Zimbabweans living in the United Kingdom will stage a public protest in central London on the country's Independence Day, April 18, to voice strong opposition to a proposed constitutional amendment tabled by President Emmerson Mnangagwa's administration. The demonstrators, organized under the banner of the UK-based Zimbabwe community, aim to draw international attention to what they describe as a dangerous consolidation of executive power through the Constitutional Amendment Bill (No. 3). The protest is scheduled to take place outside the Zimbabwean Embassy, symbolically linking the celebration of national sovereignty with a defense of democratic principles they believe the bill undermines. The focal point of the protest is the contentious bill, which seeks to alter several key provisions of Zimbabwe's 2013 constitution. While the full text of the proposed amendments has been a subject of complex parliamentary procedure, the core changes understood to be driving the diaspora's anger involve the method of appointing senior judges and public prosecutors. Specifically, the amendment would grant the president direct power to appoint the Prosecutor-General and the Chief Justice, their deputies, and other judges of the High Court and Supreme Court, removing the current requirement for these appointments to be made on the recommendation of an independent judicial service commission following public interviews. Critics, including prominent civil society organizations and opposition parties within Zimbabwe, argue that this shift represents a severe rollback of constitutional checks and balances. The 2013 constitution was hailed at its inception as a progressive document meant to curb executive overreach after decades of centralized rule under the late Robert Mugabe. By returning control over key judicial and prosecutorial appointments to the presidency, analysts warn the amendment could politicize the judiciary and compromise its independence, creating a legal system vulnerable to manipulation by the ruling ZANU-PF party. "This is not a minor technical adjustment," stated a legal analyst from a Harare-based think tank, whose comment was circulated among diaspora groups....

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