Former MDC secretary-general Douglas Mwonzora said the running mate clause was meant to ensure smooth succession in the event of the President leaving office for any reason.
Mwonzora, who was co-chairperson of the Constitutional Select Committee (COPAC), which spearheaded the writing of the 2013 Constitution, expressed his sentiments on microblogging site Twitter. He wrote:
The running mate clause was meant to ensure smooth succession in the event of the president leaving office for any reason.
