IN what has been described as the greatest betrayal of the electorate, a clique of opposition Citizens' Coalition for Change (CCC) lawmakers this Sunday attended a field tour of President Emmerson Mnangagwa's farm, where they openly chanted Zanu PF slogans and endorsed the octogenarian's bid to extend his stay in office beyond 2028.

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Zimbabwe: 'Sellout' CCC Members of Parliament Visit Mnangagwa Farm, Brazenly Support His '2030 Agenda' to Cling to Power

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Zimbabwe's ruling Zanu-PF party wants to extend President Emmerson Mnangagwa's term in office by two years until 2030, a party spokesman said on Tuesday.

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Zimbabwe's Zanu-PF wants to extend Emmerson Mnangagwa's term by two years

Emmerson Mnangagwa would have to subject himself to two referendums, one of which would seek to to remove a provision that an incumbent cannot benefit from any amendments

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On Tuesday, a top official of the Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC), the party of opposition chief Nelson Chamisa - said the outfit would not block the proposal when officially presented by the government. If endorsed via a potential referendum, the change would delay elections until 2030

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BULAWAYO – Twenty of the 32 Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) MPs and senators who attended a field day at President Emmerson Mnangagwa’s farm in Kwekwe on Sunday were appointed to parliament by party hijacker Sengezo Tshabangu after he recalled the legitimate representatives, ZimLive has established. The CCC has 115 lawmakers in parliament – 88 in the National Assembly and 27 in the Senate. Of the 32 MPs and senators who answered Mnangagwa’s …

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HARARE - Outspoken former Zengeza West MP Job Sikhala has condemned the move by a faction of the country's opposition to support extending President Emmerson Mnangagwa's term, labelling it a "nefarious agenda" that he believes is overwhelmingly opposed by the general public. The post Sikhala condemns ‘planted puppets’ in the opposition who visited Mnangagwa appeared first on Nehanda Radio.

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Justice, Legal, and Parliamentary Affairs Minister Ziyambi Ziyambi has confirmed that the Zanu-PF government will soon begin the process of constitutional amendments to extend President Emmerson Mnangagwa’s presidency beyond 2028. Speaking to The Herald on Tuesday, Ziyambi stated that the government is prepared to initiate the necessary steps once formal instructions are received from Zanu-PF … The post Ziyambi Confirms Plans to Extend Mnangagwa…

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Zimbabwe’s ruling Zanu-PF party has proposed extending President Emmerson Mnangagwa’s rule until 2030, two years beyond his constitutional term limit, though party officials remain vague on how they plan to achieve this extension. Farai Marapira, Zanu-PF’s information director, confirmed the proposal on Tuesday but declined to specify whether the party would pursue constitutional amendments to facilitate the extension. Zimbabwe’s constitution cu…

Zimbabwe: 'Sellout' CCC Members of Parliament Visit Mnangagwa Farm, Brazenly Support His '2030 Agenda' to Cling to Power

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