The first is by popular vote via an election, and the second is through impeachment by the people’s representatives. When the president abuses his or her office, the Constitution calls for impeachment via the people’s representatives. Peaceful protest is the inalienable right of the people to dramatize their conditions and petition their leaders for possible redress. If the forerunners of the pending “protest” are indifferent about the nation’s trajectory, their best opportunity is to galvanize the people around their cause in next year’s legislative elections. The pending “protest” is a short circuit attempt that could cause chaos, undermine an anemic economy and increase political instability in an already fragile environment.

Source: Front Page Africa December 12, 2019 07:18 UTC