Mnangagwa will leave office by 2028 – says opposition candidate Mavhaire
Young Turk and opposition Masvingo Parliamentary candidate for 2023 national elections, Moses Mavhaire has declared Zanu PF’s planned amendments to the Constitution and extend Mnangagwa’s rule to 2030 illegal and undemocratic and vowed that Zimbabweans will never allow such to happen.
In a fiery speech at the birthday party of former MP Jefferyson Chitando in Chief Murinye’s area on Saturday, Mavhaire described the 2030 agenda as “rubbish and nonsense”.
“There is no 2030 that they are talking about. We are not going to accept that rubbish. We won’t accept the 2030 nonsense. Whether Mnangagwa likes it or not he will go at the end of his term in 2028. Why should he be given another two years, what has he done? This country is a not a personal property, we will fight this agenda to the hilt,” declared Mavhaire.
He said national mobilisation against Zanu PF resolution Number One in which the ruling party plans to bring forward the end of Mnangagwa’s term from 2028 to 2030 is gathering momentum and urged everyone to join in and stop the ‘nonsense’.
He said Zimbabwe is not a personal property, instead it belongs to “us all” and declared that Mnangagwa will leave office at the end of his term. There is no justification for extending Mnangagwa’s term with the situation in the country and corruption now far worse than it was during the time of Mugabe, added Mavhaire.
Speaking at the same occasion, former Binga North MP, Prince Dubeko Sibanda said any attempt to change the constitution is going to be stopped. The right to vote is fundamental and the reason why people went to war. No one should be allowed to take away that right from the people, said Sibanda.
The real danger is that accepting changes to the Constitution will see Mnangagwa eventually abolishing national elections.
He said an important observation is that the opposition won national elections every time there was raging debate on the Constitution. This happened in 2000 and in 2008.
“Tsvangirai and Madhuku were heavily assaulted by the Police and arrested for seeking to establish a Constitution for the people in 2007. In 2008, the opposition made its major victory in national elections,” said Sibanda.
Opposition politician Gilbert Bgwende said people opposed to constitutional amendments are just waiting for Zanu PF to start the amendment process and the ruling party will hear the noise.
If Mnangagwa succeeds in adding two years what will stop him from adding five years, 15 or 20 years. We say no to 2030,” said Bgwende. *_-Masvingo Mirror_*
