Beyond “Presidential Election Titbits”: Why Electoral Mechanics Alone Cannot Define Constitutional Legitimacy – Rebuttal to Prof. Moyo

IN response to Prof. Jonathan Moyo’s social media post below: while it is historically correct that Zimbabwe did not conduct direct presidential elections between 1980 and 1990, the constitutional significance of that fact cannot be assessed in isolation from the institutional design within which it operated. Constitutional interpretation requires fidelity not only to text, but […]


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