{"id":99611,"date":"2024-10-16T12:13:58","date_gmt":"2024-10-16T10:13:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/all-news\/zanu-pf-plots-protests-against-ed2030-spoilers"},"modified":"2024-10-16T14:18:27","modified_gmt":"2024-10-16T12:18:27","slug":"zanu-pf-plots-protests-against-ed2030-spoilers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.cc\/zimbabwe\/all-news\/zanu-pf-plots-protests-against-ed2030-spoilers","title":{"rendered":"Zanu PF plots protests against ED2030 spoilers"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Zimbabwe. <\/strong><\/span>ZANU PF Midlands and Masvingo provincial structures are reportedly plotting protests against a known critic of President Emmerson Mnangagwa for campaigning against a plan to extend presidential term limits.<\/p>\n<p>Mnangagwa\u2019s loyalists, especially in Midlands and Masvingo, want the Constitution amended to ensure the country\u2019s leader extends his term of office to 2030 and beyond.<\/p>\n<p>According to the Constitution, Mnangagwa\u2019s term is expected to end in 2028.<\/p>\n<p>Mnangagwa has on three occasions said he will retire at the end of his constitutionally-mandadted two terms.<\/p>\n<p>Even if the Constitution is to be amended, the supreme law of the land states that an office bearer cannot be a beneficiary of an amended statute.<\/p>\n<p>Mnangagwa\u2019s opponents, including those in the ruling party, have cast doubt that he is genuine in his pledge to retire, citing public and behind-the-scenes moves in support of the 2030 agenda.<\/p>\n<p>Suspended Children of War Veterans Association of Zimbabwe (COZWA) leader Munyaradzi Shoko, has rallied Mnangagwa\u2019s critics to oppose the 2030 agenda, courting angry reactions from the ruling party.<\/p>\n<p>Shoko, who was expelled from Zanu PF, yesterday said he feared for his life over his anti-2030 agenda.<\/p>\n<p>A Zanu PF member in Midlands, Chaplain Chirume, yesterday confirmed that they were organising protests against Shoko.<\/p>\n<p>Party members have started distributing posters with contact details of Chirume, who is said to be organising the protests.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe are against those attacking our party and our President,\u201d Chirume said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOur leader is President Emmerson Mnangagwa until 2030, that is when we are going to start to talk about succession&#8230;\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Asked about the dates of the protests, he said: \u201cWe are still consulting the relevant authorities about the protests.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Zanu PF director for information Farai Marapira yesterday said the ruling party only had one centre of power.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe (Shoko) is not a member of the party,\u201d Marapira said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe is not supposed to talk about our own internal issues. We only have one leader and centre of power and that is only President Emmerson Mnangagwa.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Shoko yesterday accused Zanu PF of trying to violate the Constitution by extending Mnangagwa\u2019s term beyond 2030.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAs the children of war veterans, we are the vanguard of morals and ethics of the war of liberation struggle,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt is our right to front the Constitution of Zimbabwe.<\/p>\n<p>\u201c2030 is not a Zanu PF thing, but it is now of national interest because it is the Constitution which is being violated. It was agreed in 2013 that there is no room to violate the Constitution. President Emmerson Mnangagwa and his party must not be allowed to violate the Constitution.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Added Shoko: \u201cAt the moment, my life is in danger as I have been critical of this 2030 agenda, but I will not stop as we have a right to freedom of speech.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The 2030 agenda has sparked serious divisions in the ruling party.<\/p>\n<p>Zanu PF\u2019s recent cell restructuring exercise also exposed a rift between Mnangagwa and his deputy Constantino Chiwenga, where their loyalists sought to control the structures.<\/p>\n<p>When he assumed power in November 2017 in a military coup that toppled the late former President Robert Mugabe, Mnangagwa pledged to be a constitutionalist.<\/p>\n<p>Zanu PF is set to hold its annual conference next week in Bulawayo amid indications that the succession debate is set to dominate proceedings.<\/p>\n<p><strong>For More News And Analysis About Zimbabwe Follow Africa-Press<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; Zimbabwe. ZANU PF Midlands and Masvingo provincial structures are reportedly plotting protests against a known critic of President Emmerson Mnangagwa for campaigning against a plan to extend presidential term limits. Mnangagwa\u2019s loyalists, especially in Midlands and Masvingo, want the Constitution amended to ensure the country\u2019s leader extends his term of office to 2030 [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":99610,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,12],"tags":[19],"class_list":{"0":"post-99611","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-all-news","8":"category-policy","9":"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>Zanu PF plots protests against ED2030 spoilers - zimbabwe<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"ZANU PF Midlands and Masvingo provincial structures are reportedly plotting protests against a known critic of President ...\" \/>\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\/zanu-pf-plots-protests-against-ed2030-spoilers\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Zanu PF plots protests against ED2030 spoilers\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"ZANU PF Midlands and Masvingo provincial structures are reportedly plotting protests against a known critic of President ...\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/all-news\/zanu-pf-plots-protests-against-ed2030-spoilers\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"zimbabwe\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2024-10-16T10:13:58+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2024-10-16T12:18:27+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/sites\/14\/2024\/10\/sm_1729068486.891339.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"920\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"690\" \/>\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=\"3 minutes\" \/>\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\/zanu-pf-plots-protests-against-ed2030-spoilers\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/all-news\/zanu-pf-plots-protests-against-ed2030-spoilers\",\"name\":\"Zanu PF plots protests against ED2030 spoilers - 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