Speaker Jacob Mudenda basically told two guys trying to block Zanu-PF's 2030 extension plan to sit down because they jumped the gun. Moreprecision Muzadzi and Pardon Gambakwe filed a case asking courts to stop any constitutional changes that would let President Emmerson Dambudzo Mnangagwa stay past 2028, but Mudenda called their application premature and speculative. He pointed out that no actual bill has hit Cabinet, gotten published, or made it to Parliament yet, and courts don't rule on hypothetical what-ifs.
The challenge came after Zanu-PF passed resolutions at recent conferences pushing to extend the presidential term. Meanwhile, activist Mbuso Fuzwayo and pressure group Ibhetshu LikaZulu also filed their own separate case against the same resolution. Mudenda argued the whole thing is frivolous because there's literally no formal amendment process happening yet, and he can't be ordered to remove a sitting president under the Constitution anyway.
The challenge came after Zanu-PF passed resolutions at recent conferences pushing to extend the presidential term. Meanwhile, activist Mbuso Fuzwayo and pressure group Ibhetshu LikaZulu also filed their own separate case against the same resolution. Mudenda argued the whole thing is frivolous because there's literally no formal amendment process happening yet, and he can't be ordered to remove a sitting president under the Constitution anyway.
