Tsvangirai appeals to Mugabe to uphold constitution

In view of the Minister's threats to the Council in Harare, the MDC is mounting an urgent application to the High Court for an interdict to stop the Minister’s action and protect the elected Council from his predatory actions. We acknowledge that the judiciary has been consistent on the issue of non-interference by the Minister in the affairs of elected councils.

The MDC is sick and tired of Zanu PF leaders who consistently brush the new Constitution aside as “just a piece of paper” and continue to act as if the country did not have a new dispensation. The basis of all progress and stability is founded on the rule of law, the independence of the Judiciary and adherence to the precepts of the Constitution. No State can operate effectively without adherence to such principles and rebuilding confidence in Zimbabwe is critically dependent on this issue.

The other day we had the Commander of the ZDF, Gen. Constantine Chiwenga, publicly stating that “they”  came with Zanu PF and they are stockholders of that political party, itself a contravention of the Constitution.

I am appealing to President Mugabe, who swore to uphold the Constitution, to ensure that his Ministers and senior officials of government uphold the supreme law of the land.  The key issue at stake is Constitutionalism. The people of Zimbabwe overwhelmingly voted in a referendum to govern themselves through elected metropolitan and provincial councils. It is one thing having a Constitution, and quite another having a culture of Constitutionalism. It is with regret that so far, this government has shown it is averse to Constitutionalism, hence the delay in aligning laws to the Constitution.

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