29.1.2025
18:21
Douglas
Mahiya,
the
ZANU
PF
Secretary
for
War
Veterans,
Ex-Political
Prisoners,
Detainees,
and
Restrictees,
has
criticized
ZANU
PF
Central
Committee
member
and
fellow
war
veteran
Blessing
Runesu
Geza
for
opposing
the
party’s
plans
to
amend
the
Constitution,
which
would
allow
President
Emmerson
Mnangagwa
to
run
for
a
third
term.
On
Sunday,
January
26,
Geza,
along
with
five
other
veterans,
publicly
called
for
Mnangagwa
to
step
down,
declaring
that
he
was
“not
fit
to
run
this
country.”
The
group
also
rejected
any
changes
to
the
Constitution
and
dismissed
Mnangagwa’s
assurances
that
he
had
no
intentions
of
staying
in
power
beyond
2028.
In
an
interview
with The
Herald in
Harare
on
Tuesday,
Mahiya
dismissed
their
position
as
part
of
a
“foreign
agenda”
aimed
at
sowing
discord
within
the
party.
Said
Mahiya:
ZANU
PF
will
not
listen
to
misguided
elements.
Cde
Geza’s
sentiments
do
not
represent
the
position
of
war
veterans.
They
are
advancing
the
interests
of
their
handlers,
who
are
yet
to
be
identified.
This
is
a
foreign
agenda
meant
to
cause
disharmony
within
the
party.Once
a
decision
is
made
at
the
conference
or
congress,
war
veterans
cannot
oppose
it.
The
decision
of
the
majority
will
stand.
At
the
conference
held
in
Bulawayo
in
October
2024,
ZANU
PF
passed
a
resolution,
Resolution
Number
1
from
the
21st
National
People’s
Conference,
to
amend
the
Constitution
for
the
President
to
remain
in
office
until
2030.
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