{"id":44381,"date":"2021-08-02T19:19:19","date_gmt":"2021-08-02T17:19:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/?p=44381"},"modified":"2021-08-02T18:48:33","modified_gmt":"2021-08-02T16:48:33","slug":"malaba-term-extension-mnangagwas-end-goal-is-the-presidential-term-mtetwa","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.cc\/zimbabwe\/all-news\/malaba-term-extension-mnangagwas-end-goal-is-the-presidential-term-mtetwa","title":{"rendered":"Malaba Term Extension: Mnangagwa\u2019s End Goal Is The Presidential Term \u2013 Mtetwa"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/\">Africa-Press<\/a> &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\">Zimbabwe<\/a>. <\/strong><\/span>Prominent lawyer Beatrice Mtwtwa has said president Emerson Mnangagwa\u2019s end goal in the extension of Chief Justice Luke Malaba\u2019s term of office might be the extension of the presidential term.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking to MagambaTV\u2019s Cde Fatso, Mtetwa said Malaba\u2019s case is probably a trial run. Watch the video below for more.<\/p>\n<p>President Mnangagwa extended Justice Malaba\u2019s term of office by an additional five years beyond 70 years \u2013 retirement age.<\/p>\n<p>Mnangagwa used the Constitutional Amendment Bill No. 2 which he had recently signed into law. The changes, among other things, give the president authority to make key judicial appointments.<\/p>\n<p>Both the extension of Malaba\u2019s term of office and the adoption of the Constitutional Amendment Bill No.2 have been challenged at the courts.<\/p>\n<p>Some analysts say Mnangagwa is making the changes to retain power in 2023 as courts might be instrumental as was the case in 2018 when the opposition MDC Alliance rejected the outcome of the presidential election.<\/p>\n<p><b>More: Pindula News<\/b><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; Zimbabwe. Prominent lawyer Beatrice Mtwtwa has said president Emerson Mnangagwa\u2019s end goal in the extension of Chief Justice Luke Malaba\u2019s term of office might be the extension of the presidential term. Speaking to MagambaTV\u2019s Cde Fatso, Mtetwa said Malaba\u2019s case is probably a trial run. Watch the video below for more. President Mnangagwa [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":44380,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,35,12,15],"tags":[1493,2189,2039,4256,4102,19],"class_list":{"0":"post-44381","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-all-news","8":"category-homepage-english","9":"category-policy","10":"category-twitter","11":"tag-africa-press","12":"tag-africa-press-zimbabwe-2","13":"tag-beatrice-mtetwa","14":"tag-emmerson-dambudzo-mnangagwa-ed","15":"tag-luke-malaba","16":"tag-zimbabwe"},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v24.1 (Yoast SEO v24.1) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Malaba Term Extension: Mnangagwa\u2019s End Goal Is The Presidential Term \u2013 Mtetwa - zimbabwe<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Prominent lawyer Beatrice Mtwtwa has said president Emerson Mnangagwa\u2019s end goal in the extension of Chief Justice Luke ...\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/all-news\/malaba-term-extension-mnangagwas-end-goal-is-the-presidential-term-mtetwa\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Malaba Term Extension: Mnangagwa\u2019s End Goal Is The Presidential Term \u2013 Mtetwa\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Prominent lawyer Beatrice Mtwtwa has said president Emerson Mnangagwa\u2019s end goal in the extension of Chief Justice Luke ...\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/all-news\/malaba-term-extension-mnangagwas-end-goal-is-the-presidential-term-mtetwa\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"zimbabwe\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2021-08-02T17:19:19+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2021-08-02T16:48:33+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/sites\/14\/2021\/08\/img-610821c15f4d4.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1200\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"673\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/all-news\/malaba-term-extension-mnangagwas-end-goal-is-the-presidential-term-mtetwa\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/all-news\/malaba-term-extension-mnangagwas-end-goal-is-the-presidential-term-mtetwa\",\"name\":\"Malaba Term Extension: Mnangagwa\u2019s End Goal Is The Presidential Term \u2013 Mtetwa - 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