Judgment No. CCZ 10/2018 Const. Application No. CCZ 80/2016 constitutional obligations are not flouted, particularly where they relate to the passage of proposed legislation. This is clearly recognised by s 119(1) of the Constitution which enjoins Parliament and, by necessary implication, its constituent members to protect the Constitution and to promote democratic governance in Zimbabwe. In my view, the applicants have an unquestionable right, both as citizens and as legislators, to vindicate any perceived violation of the Constitution. The fact that they only participated in the challenged proceedings under protest means that they cannot be held to have waived their right to approach this Court for appropriate relief. In any event, any such alleged waiver cannot be lightly presumed given the overarching supremacy of the Constitution and the invalidity of any law, practice, custom or conduct inconsistent with the Constitution. In short, there can be no doubt that the applicants are endowed with ample locus standi to institute this application. Whether Bill Lawfully Gazetted In terms of Standing Order 134, every Bill must be published in the Gazette at least fourteen days before it is introduced in Parliament. The applicants contend that a second Bill was introduced in Parliament after the first Bill was gazetted and then subsequently abandoned. The second Bill was totally different from the first Bill but was not duly gazetted. It was not, as is averred by the respondents, simply an amendment of the first Bill, which amendment could only have been put forward at the Committee stage. DISTRIBUTED BY VERITAS e-mail: veritas@mango.zw; website: www.veritaszim.net Veritas makes every effort to ensure the provision of reliable information, but cannot take legal responsibility for information supplied. 14