Operation Restore Legacy Renders Southern African Development Community (SADC) Constitutionalism Suspect in the Coup d’État That Was Not a Coup
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Date
2019-02-14
Authors
Chigara, Benedict Abrahamson
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Publisher
University of Oregon School of Law
Abstract
This Article examines the SADC constitutional norm on the absolute prohibition of unconstitutional takeover of power in light of the 2017 change of power in Zimbabwe. That year, the country underwent a correction of governance from a Mugabe-contrived family dynasty to sovereign control of Zimbabwe’s peoples. This Article recommends the urgent development by the SADC of a parallel constitutional normative structure requiring the absolute sanctity of the national assembly ballot as a precondition to implementation of the absolute prohibition of unconstitutional takeover of power. The new norm should also have a similar, if not stronger, monitoring and enforcement mechanism.
Description
46 pages
Keywords
Constitutional law, International law, Zimbabwe, Political coup
Citation
20 OR. REV. INT'L L. 173