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[QUOTE="Queen, post: 86454, member: 27"]
Zimbabwe's top court just greenlit a legal showdown over Emmerson Mnangagwa's attempt to cling to power past his constitutional expiration date.

ConCourt grants access for the challenge
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[*]Mbuso Fuzwayo and Ibhetshu LikaZulu won direct access on Monday.
[*]Justices Paddington Garwe, Ben Hlatshwayo, and Bharat Patel heard arguments.
[*]Fuzwayo has five days to file, while respondents get three to answer.
[*]The NewsHawks broke the story on the court's decision.
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What Resolution 1 of 2024 actually demands
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[*]ZANU-PF adopted the resolution at their Bulawayo conference in October 2024.
[*]The measure pushes Mnangagwa's exit from 2028 out to 2030.
[*]Party officials were ordered to amend Zimbabwe's constitution to make it happen.
[*]Mutare's 2025 conference scolded leaders for dragging their feet on implementation.
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Who's named in the lawsuit
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[*]ZANU-PF sits as the first respondent in the case.
[*]Justice Minister Ziyambi Ziyambi got cited in his official capacity.
[*]Speaker Jacob Mudenda, Attorney General Virginia Mabiza, and Mnangagwa round out the defendants.
[*]All government figures were named for their roles in the constitutional process.
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