*DID YOU KNOW || This is what the Zimbabwean government wants to change in the Constitution
🔹 No elections in 2028
🔹 Remove direct presidential elections
🔹 Parliament will now elect the president
🔹 Chief Justice will preside over the election of the president in Parliament
🔹 Add an extra two years to President Mnangagwa’s current term
🔹 Also add two years to Parliament and local government
🔹 Change presidential and parliamentary terms from 5 years to 7 years
🔹 Remove the restriction on traditional leaders and allow them to be openly political (even though many already are)
🔹 The Zimbabwe Electoral Commission will no longer draw electoral boundaries (a new commission will handle this)
🔹 ZEC will no longer manage the voters’ roll (the Registrar-General will now handle it)
🔹 No more public interviews for judges, the president can appoint them after consulting the JSC
🔹 No need for the President to consult when appointing the Prosecutor-General
🔹 President to appoint 10 extra senators
🔹 Change how the Constitution describes the military. It currently says the military should “uphold the Constitution.” This would change to “act in accordance with the Constitution.”
The law says that when the Constitution is being changed, Parliament must consult the public for 90 days to collect people’s views and concerns. During this time, any citizen can also send written submissions by letter or email.
These views will be put into a report, which will later be presented in Parliament when the bill is debated. There are now about 49 days left for this consultation phase to finish.
Today, the Zimbabwean government said it is sending 11 teams across the country to gather people’s opinions on President Mnangagwa’s constitutional amendment bill. In practice, vocal opposition leaders who are opposed to this bill have either been arrested or assaulted by the regime. Meanwhile, the ruling party, ZANU PF goes about it’s business freely across the country as it drums up public support for the proposed constitutional amendment.
*Source ➖TAFFY THEMAN*
