What Christ simply meant was, the law should not be a burden, therefore our own law must not be an albatross around our necks. Laws should liberate, rather than enslave the people.
The judgement passed by the Constitutional court with regards to elections being held on July 31 should not bind us not to call for the necessary reforms because seven out of nine men, erred in judgement.
While it needs no rocket science to decipher the feasibiity of holding elections on the afore-mentioned date, the million dollar question, is why did our learned judges come up with such a skewed judgement?
The reality is that our Judiciary and Legislature are not sufficiently insulated from the Executive, as, is characteristic of a normal democracy. That explains why, before the formation of the MDC/s, we had bills celebrated and endorsed; even before they were read in our so-called August House.
With regards to the Judiciary, our judges and magistrates do not have autonomy in jurisdiction, especially on matters, political. There is excessive interference from the Executive.
Thus, our Judiciary is emasculated.

As such, the judgement reflects the judges’ pandering to their master’s tune rather than being prudent and judicious, in their exercise of duty, due to the fact that, “One who has the gold makes the rules”.
It should also be borne in mind that these men are appointed by the president to the bench. Therefore, they can’t afford not to toe the line, for the old adage has it that, “He who pays the piper has the right to name the tune”.
Besides, the environment in which they are working is not conducive to making rational, independent and competent decisions. It has been “poisoned”. As a matter of fact, fear of the unknown paralyses them regarding independent, practical and feasible decisions.
 A deadly combination of stone-hearted army Securocrats and strange “Pharaoh-hearted” men in dark glasses running national affairs is enough justification to have an impartial, timid, extra-cautious and emasculated Judiciary.
Therefore, so long as we have theoretical, rather than practical separation of powers, the other two arms of government, the Judiciary and Legislature, will continue to pander to the whims and caprices of the Executive. The law was made for man, not man for the law. – Tich, by e-mail
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