Court sends Zimbabwe Mugabe critic road

harare - The Constitutional Court of Zimbabwe on Wednesday rejected a rare indictment of President Mugabe. The complainant, the political activist Promise Mkwananzi, according to the judges not followed properly the procedure.

It was the first time that a civilian court asked to rule on the behavior of the 92-year-old leader. President Mugabe, was the complaint had after an outcry from veterans said that his ZANU-PF party leaders of that movement would punish and imprison as rats. Just as he had done previously with defectors. That was according Mkwananzi unconstitutional.

The lawyer of the complainant announced after the verdict that his client would appeal. Officially, the court may request to launch an investigation parliament, if it finds that the president has acted against the constitution.

Robert Mugabe, President of Zimbabwe since 1980 and rules his country with an iron fist. He has again been nominated for the presidential elections of 2018.