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[QUOTE="Queen, post: 88296, member: 27"]
A proposed constitutional overhaul in Zimbabwe just got flagged to the UN and SADC by a local anti-amendment coalition.

What the amendment bill actually changes
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[*]Presidential and parliamentary terms jump from five to seven years.
[*]Parliament would pick the president, not voters directly.
[*]ZEC loses voter-roll control to the Registrar-General.
[*]The 2013 Constitution faces its most drastic rewrite yet.
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DCP fights back through international channels
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[*]Jameson Timba convenes the Defend the Constitution Platform.
[*]Letters went out to SADC, the AU, and the UN.
[*]Timba framed it as preventive diplomacy, not meddling.
[*]Monday's Harare presser laid out their whole strategy.
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Core political clash over the process
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[*]ZANU-PF insists no national referendum is necessary.
[*]Opposition demands that citizens vote on any changes first.
[*]Zimbabweans approved the current constitution back in 2013.
[*]Timba argues amendments need majority public backing.
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