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[QUOTE="Queen, post: 88094, member: 27"]
A former legislator just escalated Zimbabwe's constitutional crisis all the way to the Vatican, asking Pope Leo XIV to personally intervene.

Sululu's letter to the Pope
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[*]Former MDC legislator Anadi Sululu wrote to Pope Leo XIV.
[*]His February 27 letter went through Zimbabwe's Apostolic Nunciature.
[*]Sululu leads a pressure group called E-Movement.
[*]He requested a brief papal audience on the crisis.
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What the constitutional fight is about
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[*]Amendment No. 3 Bill seeks to extend presidential terms to 2030.
[*]Sululu argues it defies the 2013 national referendum's democratic will.
[*]Parliament gazetted the Bill last month ahead of presidential assent.
[*]National resources should help the poor, not political elites, per Sululu.
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Other channels Sululu tapped
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[*]Reverend Janusz Urbanczyk got asked to relay the petition.
[*]ZCBC president Paul Horan received a solidarity request.
[*]African Union chairperson Mahmoud Ali Youssouf got a letter too.
[*]Neither the Pope nor his Zimbabwe representative has responded.
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Broader church opposition to the Bill
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[*]Zimbabwe Heads of Christian Denominations condemned the amendments.
[*]Church leaders called for prayerful, non-violent resistance.
[*]Amendments clash with the 2013 Constitution's foundational values.
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