By NATION REPORTEREMMANUEL Mwamba has proposed the reinstatement of constitutional provisions which once prescribed stringent but fair mechanisms, such as tribunals for both the appointment and removal of judges.[ihc-hide-content ihc_mb_type=”show” ihc_mb_who=”4,5,6″ ihc_mb_template=”2″ ]Mr Mwamba, Zambia’s former Ambassador to Ethiopia says constitutional provisions such as the setting up of a tribunal which was removed from the 2019 amended Constitution should be reinstated to avoid the temptation of the President from arbitrary dismissing judges as if they were daily classified employees.Mr Mwamba is worried that failure to bring back into the Constitution provisions that would protect the tenure of office for the Judges would have far reaching consequences because the judiciary was the arm of government that held the State together.He said a weak judiciary often promoted anarchy, social disorder and failed to resolve conflicts and apart from presenting negative effects on the state of the economy and crime levels.“Stakeholders must recognise that we need to restore […]
Mwamba calls for reinstatement of laws that protect tenure of judges
