Zimbabwean President, Emmerson Mnangagwa has for the first time publicly commented on the ongoing Constitutional Amendment Bill No.3 that seeks to extend his term in office from 2028 to 2030.
The Bill seeks to replace the current popular vote system for electing the President with a parliamentary ballot system.
It was gazetted in February this year marking the start of a 90-day consultation process which has now ended.
The process now moves to the Parliamentary Portfolio Committee on Justice, Legal and Parliamentary Affairs, before the Bill is formally introduced for debate when Parliament resumes sittings early next month.
Mnangagwa says citizens expressed their constitutional right.
“The public was given opportunity to express their views. I don’t think there was a part of the country which was left out, from what I have been briefed by my people. I think also the press has done a fantastic job to make sure it was publicised. So that everybody has an opportunity expressing themselves. This is what it ought to be in a democracy,” adds Mnangagwa.
—SABC—
