President Emmerson Mnangagwa is
facing allegations of allowing his wife Auxilia “to usurp constitutional power”.

Analysts said Mnangagwa’s wife has no right to run government, and questioned in what capacity
she met striking doctors when she has no constitutional role in the State bureaucracy.Auxillia met with doctors at State House on Friday, in a bid to end the five week-long
industrial action. While Auxilia was meeting with the doctors, her husband was taking part in a clean-up campaign in Harare’s red-light district of the Avenues.

It’s deja vu, some said, drawing parallels with Grace Mugabe, whose meddling in government affairs prompted the ruling Zanu PF party to begin impeachment proceedings against Robert Mugabe on charges that included allowing his wife “to usurp constitutional power.”

United Kingdom-based law lecturer Alex Magaisa said Zimbabwe was walking down the same path
that led to Mugabe’s ouster.
“Lest we forget, this was part of the
impeachment motion against Robert Mugabe in 2017: Allowing his wife to usurp government functions and abrogating his constitutional mandate to his wife…,” Magaisa said.Daily News