Paper 2 · Lancaster House constitution
Which of the following was a reason given for the 1987 amendment of the Lancaster House constitution?
ATo restore the twenty parliamentary seats that had been reserved for white Zimbabweans.
BTo replace the executive prime minister and titular presidency with an executive presidency and two vice presidents.
CTo extend the willing-seller, willing-buyer land arrangement for a further ten years.
DTo reinstate British oversight over key government positions such as the office of chief justice.
Explanation: The 1987 amendment replaced the ten-year-old arrangement of an executive prime minister alongside a titular president with a single executive presidency supported by two vice presidents, part of accommodating the 1987 Unity Accord and ending the civil unrest between rival nationalist movements.
Derived from ZIMSEC Heritage Studies Paper 2, Nov 2020, Q1
