Constitution of Zimbabwe (as amended by Constitution Amendment No. 19) (2) The President may send messages to the Senate or the House of Assembly and any such message shall be read by the President of the Senate or the Speaker, as the case may be, or by a Vice-President or a Minister. [Section as substituted by section 12 of Act 31 of 1989 – Amendment No. 9 – and by section –13 of Act 5 of 2005 – Amendment No. 17] 47 Vice-Presidents, Prime Minister, Deputy Prime Ministers, Ministers, Deputy Ministers, Provincial Governors and AttorneyGeneral in Parliament [Section heading as amended by paragraph 4 of Schedule 8 to the Constitution, which was inserted in the Constitution by Act 1 of 2009 – Amendment No. 19] (1) A Vice-President, the Prime Minister and every Deputy Prime Minister and Minister shall have a right to sit and speak in Parliament but shall only have the right to vote in the House of which they are a member. [Subsection as substituted by paragraph 4 of Schedule 8 to the Constitution, which was inserted in the Constitution by Act 1 of 2009 – Amendment No. 19] (2) The Attorney-General shall have the right to sit and speak in the Senate and the House of Assembly but shall not have the right to vote therein. [Section as substituted by section 13 of Act 31 of 1989 – Amendment No. 9 – and by section 14 of Act 5 of 2005 – Amendment No. 17] 48 Clerk of Parliament and other staff thereof (1) There shall be a Clerk of Parliament appointed by the Committee on Standing Rules and Orders. [Subsection as amended by section 15 of Act 14 of 1996 – Amendment No. 14] (2) A person appointed as the Clerk of Parliament shall not be removed from office unless the House of Assembly resolves, by the affirmative votes of more than one-half of its total membership, that he should be removed from office. [Subsection as amended by section 15 of Act 14 of 1996 – Amendment No. 14 – and by section 23 of Act 5 of 2005 – Amendment No. 17] (3) Subject to any wishes which may be expressed from time to time by the House of Assembly, the Committee on Standing Rules and Orders shall appoint such other staff of Parliament as it may from time to time consider necessary. [Subsection as amended by section 23 of Act 5 of 2005 – Amendment No. 17] (4) The staff of Parliament shall be appointed on terms of service approved from time to time by the House of Assembly and shall be deemed to be public officers but shall not form part of the Public Service. [Subsection as amended by section 23 of Act 5 of 2005 – Amendment No. 17] [Section as substituted by section 14 of Act 31 of 1989 – Amendment No. 9] 49 Privileges of Parliament and members and officers thereof Subject to the provisions of this Constitution, an Act of Parliament may make provision to determine and regulate the privileges, immunities and powers of Parliament and the members and officers thereof, including the President of the - 60 -