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Africa-Press<\/a> – Zimbabwe<\/a>. <\/strong><\/span>MDC-T national chairman, Morgen Komichi refused to support the controversial amendments to the constitution despite pressure from the party\u2019s president Douglas Mwonzora to support them.<\/p>\n

The MDC-T reportedly coaxed its Senators into voting with Zanu-PF to pass the amendments that will see President Emmerson Mnangagwa single-handedly picking the chief justice, deputy chief justice and the judge president.<\/p>\n

When he was secretary-general of the original MDC-T, Mwonzora was one of the biggest critics of the proposed amendments that were first proposed five years ago.<\/p>\n

However, following his fallout with the popular MDC Alliance leader Nelson Chamisa, Mwonzora have pursued a policy of \u201crational disputation\u201d a euphemism for collaboration with Zanu PF.<\/p>\n

The Standard<\/b><\/p>\n

reports that the MDC-T voted with Zanu PF to pass the amendments in the hope that the ruling party will return the favour by backing it in its battles with the mainstream MDC Alliance.<\/p>\n

The publication reported MDC-T Senators as saying that the government was mulling further amendments to the constitution that will include suspending by-elections further and raising the age limit for presidential candidates from 40 to 50.<\/p>\n

Zanu-PF is reportedly pushing to raise the age limit for presidential candidates to specifically target Chamisa, who polled over 40 per cent in the disputed 2018 presidential poll.<\/p>\n

Speaking to The Standard on Saturday, Komichi said he was against changes to the constitution to benefit an individual. He said:<\/p>\n

The national constitution needs to be protected from arbitrary amendments because it will do away with what the people actually voted for.<\/p>\n

The people of Zimbabwe voted for the current national constitution.<\/p>\n

It was the document they contributed to during Copac (Constitution Parliamentary Committee) times so for Parliament to then sit and make amendments without consulting them, is unfair.<\/p>\n

We don\u2019t want to amend the constitution to suit certain individuals.<\/p>\n

Meanwhile, Mwonzora\u2019s spokesperson Lloyd Damba refuted allegations that MDC-T had struck a deal with Zanu-PF on the constitutional amendments.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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