Mnangagwa who is currently in China attending the Forum on China-Africa Cooperation which started today and ends tomorrow has so far only appointed his two deputies Constantino Chiwenga and Kembo Mohadi.
Mnangagwa appointed the seven-member commission headed by former South African President Kgalema Motlanthe last week but it has not been officially sworn in yet.
Parliamentary watchdog, Veritas Zimbabwe, said the appointment of the Commission was not legal because section 110(6) of the Constitution states: “In the exercise of his or her functions, the President must act on the advice of the Cabinet, except when he or she is acting in terms of subsection (2) above.”
It said appointing a Commission of Inquiry does not come under subsection two.
Under subsection 2, the President is responsible for:
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