TO WHAT EXTENT IS IT TRUE OR VALID THAT THE CONSTITUTION OF ZAMBIA ESTABLISHES THE PRESIDENT AS GOVERNMENT?

Throughout the development of Zambia one common feature has been inherent in the country's Constitutional legacy and this is the presence a strong executive who appears to have increased in strength over the years. This has in turn prompted scholars to ask the question "to what extent does the Constitution establish the president as government?" This essay seeks to endeavor to answer this question and inquire whether the president is indeed the personification of government …

…the President is the common denominator and therefore the President is the embodiment of government in Zambia under the current legal and Constitutional dispensation. END NOTES 1.Words and Phrases legally defined (2nd ed. London: Butterworths,1969), p331 2.R.S. Hall, Zambia 1890-1964 the Colonial period, 1976 3.S. Mubako, Zambia's single-party constitution-a search for unity and development, 5 ZAMNBIA LAW JOURNAL 67(1973), p21. 4.Watershed speech 1975 government printer. 5.[1985] ZLR 193 6.Loadstone. Analysing the British Political System. CheatHouse. April 18 2004. www.cheathouse.com 7.[1977] ZLR 53