Zanu PF is considering tinkering with the national
Constitution to extend President Emmerson Mnangagwa’s tenure beyond the
stipulated two five-year terms, a top party official has disclosed.
Zanu PF secretary for administration Obert Mpofu disclosed
the plan at the party youth convention in Kadoma last week that the ruling
party would take advantage of its two-thirds majority in Parliament to effect
the constitutional changes.
“Mr President, you can go beyond 2028 if you so wish
because the issue of law can be taken care of in Parliament,” Mpofu said.
When Mnangagwa took to the podium, he declared that nothing
would stop his party from making such constitutional amendments.
“We can change the laws … there is nothing that we want
that cannot be done because we command two-thirds majority in Parliament,”
Mnangagwa said.
But social commentator Rejoice Ngwenya warned that such a
move would be “unacceptable and immoral” even within Zanu PF.
“I don’t think there is even going to be a consensus within
Zanu PF for any possible amendment of the Constitution because there are
simmering elements from G40 in Zanu PF… it’s a big mistake because Mnangagwa’s
legitimacy is under debate. It’s a populist stance which is immoral and
unacceptable,” Ngwenya said. Newsday
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