THE SHORTCOMINGS OF THE KARIBA DRAFT CONSTITUTION 2. Presidential Appointments. Generally, the Kariba Draft retains the current Constitution’s framework for presidential appointments. Appointments are most often made after “consultation” with some other individual or body. In most cases, that person or body is also appointed by the President. Whereas the Constitutional Commission requires the Senate to approve most presidential appointees, the Kariba Draft contains very few limits on the President’s power to appoint individuals of his choice. The Draft also eliminates checks on the President’s power to appoint by eliminating the office of Prime Minister. For these reasons, very few public institutions would operate independently under the Kariba Draft. In addition to presidential appointments to the legislature and judiciary (discussed below), under the Kariba Draft, no individual or body has the authority to block a President’s appointment to the following offices or bodies: • Vice-Presidents10 • Ministers11 • Cabinet members12 • Diplomats, ambassadors and “principal representatives of Zimbabwe abroad”13 • Judicial Service Commission14 • Attorney-General and Deputy Attorney-General15 • Chairperson of the Public Service Commission16 • Permanent Secretaries17 • Commander of the Defence Forces and commanders of particular services of the Defence Forces18 • Defence Forces Service Commission19 • Commissioner-General of Police20 • Police Service Commission21 • Commissioner of Prisons22 • Prison Service Commission23 • Chairperson of the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission24 • Chairperson of the Zimbabwe Human Rights Commission25 • Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption Commission26 10 [88] Vice-Presidents. [93] Appointment of Ministers. 12 [96] Cabinet. 13 [98] Executive functions of President; [185] Ambassadors and other principal representatives of Zimbabwe abroad. 14 [172] Judicial Service Commission. 15 [174] Appointment of Attorney-General; [179] Deputy Attorney General. 16 [182] Public Service Commission. 17 [184] Permanent Secretaries. 18 [190] Command of Defence Forces. 19 [192] Defence Forces Service Commission. 20 [194] Commissioner-General of Police. 21 [196] Police Service Commission. 22 [198] Commissioner of Prisons. 23 [200] Prison Service Commission. 24 [201] Establishment and composition of Zimbabwe Electoral Commission. 25 [209] Establishment and composition of Zimbabwe Human Rights Commission. 11 4