Citi Breakfast Show<\/strong> on Wednesday, a law lecturer at the University of Zimbabwe, Professor Lovemore Madhuku said Mnangagwa\u2019s comeback is lawful.<\/p>\n\u201cThere is no problem with it, in terms of our constitution,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
The law professor explained that per their constitution, the next person to succeed a president who has been removed from office or resigns is supposed to be nominated by the governing party.<\/p>\n
\u201cUnfortunately the position is that when a President leaves office, removed or resigns, his political party is the one that will simply nominate a person who they wish to be president and send it to the Speaker of Parliament. And that person must be sworn into office within 48 hours of that party nominating and communicating with the Speaker of Parliament. So I think that he has already been nominated by his party that is the Zanu-PF party.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cHe can only be president for the unexpired period of Robert Mugabe. That unexpired period ends in August 2018. By 22 August, 2018 that is when his term ends. It will end when a new president is elected under the constitutional arrangement. So it\u2019s only about eight to nine months now,\u201d Prof. Madhuku added.<\/p>\n
Zimbabweans in jubilant mood<\/strong><\/p>\nA Zimbabwean journalist, Paidamoyo Muzulu, who was also interviewed on the Citi Breakfast Show<\/strong> said the people of Zimbabwe are still in a jubilant mood.<\/p>\n\u201cIt\u2019s a real situation in Zimbabwe. We didn\u2019t believe that such thing could happen in our lifetime and there were celebrations all over the city when the announcement was made. And the celebrations went all over into this morning when people were still celebrating the fall of comrade Mugabe whom they termed a dictator.\u201d<\/p>\n
He said the people are currently looking forward to the \u201cinstallation of the new president until we hold elections next year if they will be held.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cThis afternoon, the Parliamentary speaker is holding a press briefing where he will be announcing the transitional mechanism, so we expect that by the end of day, Mnangagwa would have been installed as the new president of the republic,\u201d the journalist added.<\/p>\n
History will remember heroic Mugabe kindly \u2013 Mahama<\/strong><\/p>\nFormer President of Ghana, John Mahama, in a Facebook post, described Mugabe as a liberation hero, a patriot and a great Pan Africanist, stating that history will \u201cremember him kindly\u201d.<\/p>\n
“A sad ending for a liberation hero, a patriot and a great Pan Africanist. I pray the dramatic events of November serve as a reboot for democracy and prosperity in #Zim. History will remember Comrade Mugabe kindly,” John Mahama posted.<\/p>\n
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