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Constitutional changes getting rammed through parliament without a referendum could backfire badly on ZANU-PF, according to economist Eddie Cross.

Amendment Bill shakes up term limits
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[*]The Constitution of Zimbabwe Amendment (No. 3) Bill, 2026 got gazetted on February 16.
[*]Presidential and parliamentary terms would jump from five to seven years.
[*]Local authority terms get the same proposed extension.
[*]Voter-roll management would shift from ZEC to the Registrar-General.
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Cross says Mnangagwa is overreaching
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[*]Eddie Cross warned that President Emmerson Mnangagwa would stay in power until 2030.
[*]Mnangagwa would be close to 90 by then.
[*]Cross called it the most substantial amendment since 2013.
[*]Forcing it through parliament without a referendum breaks constitutional rules.
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Power consolidation could seal their fate
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[*]Cross thinks this is a ploy to block leadership change internally.
[*]He referenced the 2009 Government of National Unity as real progress.
[*]ZANU-PF would lose any properly supervised, free-and-fair election.
[*]Zimbabwe is more than ready for genuine political change.
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