Acting President Emmerson Mnangagwa has failed to prove his capability of ruling the country by failing ‘to bring about a country that conforms to its rule of law’; lawyers from a leading rights watch dog have complained.
The Zimbabwe Lawyers for Human Rights gave the vote of “no confidence” to Mnangagwa on Wednesday in Harare when it was raising concern to reporters on the eviction of more than 200 families at Mazowe’s Manzou Farm by government last week.
Last week the police stormed on the farm, destroying houses while attempting to evict around 200 families from the property, which is near First Lady Grace Mugabe’s dairy and orphanage in the central Mazowe district.
Dzimbabwe Chimbga the organization’s Programmes Manager said had Mnangagwa stood by and upheld the new constitution as Head of State, these evictions would have been stopped.
Mnangagwa is the acting President since December after President Robert Mugabe embarked on his annual leave which ends this month.
“We have got government actors who are busy focused on evicting people; Government actors who are focused on acquiring huge tracts of land instead of implementing the new constitution so to us that is a problem,” said  Chimbga ,“The acting President has not done anything to bring about a country that conforms to its rule of law. His term might be ending as the President is coming back. All we can say is that he has not given us confidence that he is up to the task as President of this country.”
Commenting on recent reports that government had started moving wild animals in to the farm so that it becomes a national park, Chimbga warned that they will continue fighting for the rights of the affecting citizens.
“It is a national problem which requires a solution from all people and in a fair world political actors who are the government, would protect people against arbitrary evictions but as you know the opposite is happening,” he said.