Zimbabwe’s constitutional referendum
An excerpt from an article by Stephen Chan:
In the meantime, the Law Society of Zimbabwe is right to say that there is something to celebrate in the constitution. It provides an expansive Bill of Rights with citizen capacities to enforce those rights in law. Gender rights are very visible. Powers are clearly separated to protect the courts. Such a constitution, with a government that observed it in good faith, would be workable and a massive improvement. But the question in today’s Zimbabwe is precisely to do with good faith.
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