Unpacking The Right To Vote.
THE DEONTOLOGY. (Study the law with Blessed Mupatsi and Nompilo P. Nkomo). The Constitution of Zimbabwe Amendment (No.20) Act, 2013 (hereinafter referred as ‘the Constitution’) recognizes representative democracy by ensuring the enforceability of rights allowing citizens free, fair, and regular elections. Dambisa Moyo, Edge of Chaos: Why Democracy is failing to Deliver Economic Growth and how to fix it (2018) canvasses the importance of the right to vote, she submits that people lost their lives for political rights. However, Zimbabwe like any other democratic country has experienced a decline in voter participation. In the 2018 election, 45.67% of eligible voters participated in the elections. Therefore, the paper will unpack the right to vote as guaranteed in the Constitution and how the right can be fully realised. 67 Political rights (1) Every Zimbabwean citizen has the right— (a) to free, fair and regular elections for any elective public office established in terms of this Con