{"id":39447,"date":"2021-04-30T22:20:55","date_gmt":"2021-04-30T20:20:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/?p=39447"},"modified":"2021-04-30T21:10:06","modified_gmt":"2021-04-30T19:10:06","slug":"prominent-lawyer-beatrice-mtetwa-speaks-on-constitutional-amendment-bill-no-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.cc\/zimbabwe\/all-news\/prominent-lawyer-beatrice-mtetwa-speaks-on-constitutional-amendment-bill-no-2","title":{"rendered":"Prominent Lawyer Beatrice Mtetwa Speaks On Constitutional Amendment Bill No. 2"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/\">Africa-Press<\/a> &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\">Zimbabwe<\/a>. <\/strong><\/span>Prominent Zimbabwean lawyer Beatrice Mtetwa has said the Constitutional Amendment Bill No.2 is a slap in the face of democracy as it seeks to reverse the views expressed by the people who voted for the constitution on 16 March 2013.<\/p>\n<p>Mtetwa speaks when the Senate has endorsed the Constitutional Amendment Bill albeit opposition from the opposition MDC-T senators, and on other platforms, from other stakeholders.<\/p>\n<p>The Bill, among other things, seeks to scrap the running mate clause to gives the president the powers to choose his or her own deputies after elections.<\/p>\n<p>It also gives the president the authority to appoint the Chief Justice and deputies, a situation that will greatly compromise the judiciary, experts say.<\/p>\n<p>Watch the video below for more.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; Zimbabwe. 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