CEU Electronic Theses and Dissertations, 2017
| Author | Mvula, Wongani Steve |
|---|---|
| Title | Limiting Presidential Appointment Powers of Senior Government Officials: Lessons for Malawi |
| Summary | Presidential appointment powers have come under judicial and parliamentary challenges in Malawi. The Constitution of the Republic of Malawi and a number of enabling statutes provide limits for the powers of the President to appoint senior government officials. On several occasions, members of opposition parties have either instituted legal challenges against the presidential appointments or refused to pass legislation that contains presidential appointment powers on the basis of exercising checks and balances between the legislative and executive branches of government. Judicial intervention in the recurring legal challenges has not solved the problem. This study considers the impact of a stronger intervening role by the judiciary in questioning appointments made by the President. The study draws lessons mainly from the law and practice in Ghana and Kenya, considers developments in other jurisdictions and proposes strong judicial intervention in limiting presidential appointment powers. |
| Supervisor | Böckenförde, Markus |
| Department | Legal Studies LLM |
| Full text | https://www.etd.ceu.edu/2017/mvula_wongani.pdf |
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