{"id":34803,"date":"2026-05-18T21:03:28","date_gmt":"2026-05-18T19:03:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/?post_type=news&#038;p=34803"},"modified":"2026-05-18T22:43:04","modified_gmt":"2026-05-18T20:43:04","slug":"zimbabwe-president-speaks-on-constitution-amendment-that-seeks-to-extend-his-term","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/news\/zimbabwe-president-speaks-on-constitution-amendment-that-seeks-to-extend-his-term\/","title":{"rendered":"Zimbabwe President speaks on constitution amendment that seeks to extend his term"},"content":{"rendered":"<div dir=\"ltr\" data-olk-copy-source=\"MessageBody\">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.<\/div>\n<div id=\"x_ms-outlook-mobile-signature\">\n<div dir=\"ltr\"><\/div>\n<div>The Bill seeks to replace the current popular vote system for electing the President with a parliamentary ballot system.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\"><\/div>\n<div>It was gazetted in February this year marking the start of a 90-day consultation process which has now ended.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\"><\/div>\n<div>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.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\"><\/div>\n<div>Mnangagwa says citizens expressed their constitutional right.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\"><\/div>\n<div>\u201cThe public was given opportunity to express their views. I don\u2019t 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,\u201d adds Mnangagwa.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">\u2014SABC\u2014<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":13964,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"news-type":[26],"class_list":["post-34803","news","type-news","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","news-type-general_news","entry"],"acf":{"short_description":"Mnangagwa says citizens expressed their constitutional right.","published_date":"","news_description":"Mnangagwa says citizens expressed their constitutional right.","form_embed":"","author":"","image_caption":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/34803","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/news"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/34803\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":34804,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/34803\/revisions\/34804"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/13964"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=34803"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"news-type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news-type?post=34803"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}