Zanu Pf reportedly want to the new constitution to limit the presidential term of office to a maximum of 2 five year terms.
After 30 years in power now they have realised that Zimbabwe does not need a life president?
The Chronicle newspaper reported that the position paper that Zanu Pf intends to distribute to its supporters also says
Morgan Tsvangirayi and Joyce Mujuru
- The Presidential term of office should run concurrently with that of MPs.
- Executive authority rests with the President and Cabinet.
- The President is Head of State and Government and Commander of Defence Forces.
- The President appoints one and not more than two Vice Presidents.
- There should be no Prime Minister
Zanu Pf also wants “equal gender representation in all spheres of society and a ban on homosexuality”.
So, is Zanu Pf going to tell the President that he has been in power for 30 years therefore he should not stand for re-election?
What else can we read from Zanu Pf’s plan of a maximum two – five year Presidential terms of office?
Is Zanu Pf already assuming the President is going to win the next elections?
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I wonder if they are only proposing these changes because the current president is reaching that point in life where he is close to expiring?
Another thing is, in the past, certain laws have been modified to fit the needs of a select few – what’s to say that if these proposed changes do come into play they won’t be changed in the future to suit the needs of people then?
For the past 30 years when Zanu Pf has been in power one of the things that we learnt from them is never to trust Zanu Pf. ‘Wolves in sheep skin’.