Byo citizen challenges Zanu PF’s term extension plan in ConCourt

Bulawayo resident, Mbuso Fuzwayo, also secretary of pressure group Ibhetshu Likazulu, has filed an application with the Constitutional Court seeking to block the ruling Zanu PF party’s plan to extend President Emmerson Mnangagwa’s term beyond 2028.

The application, names Zanu PF as the first respondent, alongside the Minister of Justice, Legal and Parliamentary Affairs – Ziyambi Ziyambi, the Speaker of Parliament – Jacob Mudenda, the Attorney General – Virginia Mabiza and President Emmerson Mnangagwa himself, all cited in their official capacities.

The legal challenge centres on Zanu PF’s Resolution Number 1 of 2024, adopted at its National People’s Conference in Bulawayo in October 2024, which explicitly calls for the president’s term to be “extended beyond 2028 to 2030.”

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