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Africa-Press – Zimbabwe. <\/strong><\/span>Information Minister Jenfan Muswere said extending President Mnangagwa\u2019s term beyond 2028 is a rightful obligation for Parliament and other stakeholders.<\/p>\n

In a statement on Wednesday, 22 January, Muswere criticized the Zimbabwe Heads of Christian Denominations (ZHOCD) for opposing the Presidential Term Limit Extension.<\/p>\n

On Tuesday, the ZHOCD warned that extending Mnangagwa\u2019s term would amount to a coup against the constitution.<\/p>\n

Muswere claimed ZHOCD consists of donor-funded individuals pretending to represent the Church in Zimbabwe.<\/p>\n

He reminded Christian leaders that ZANU PF is the political establishment that delivered freedom of expression and religion. The statement reads:<\/p>\n

The politically broad-based call to extend the Presidential term of office beyond 2028 remains a rightful and unquestionable obligation for Parliament, the Party of Zimbabwe\u2019s permanent national democratic revolution -ZANU PF and other legitimate political stakeholders to this matter.<\/p>\n

Parliamentarians from the cross-sectional divide of political parties represent the views and interests of their electorate.<\/p>\n

Submissions by Honourable Members of Parliament reflect the aspirations of those who voted the constituencies they were elected to serve.<\/p>\n

The Parliament is not answerable to narrow, sectoral and regime- change donor funding antics by a paltry conglomerate of civil society entrepreneurs purporting to represent the views of the Church in Zimbabwe.<\/p>\n

In the same vein, such Western donor organisations need not to be reminded that ZANU PF is a political establishment which delivered freedom of expression and freedom of religion among many other rights we all enjoy today.<\/p>\n

Likewise, the ZANU PF-led Government still ferociously defends freedom of worship for all Zimbabweans most of which are not affiliated to the Zimbabwe Heads of Christian Denominations (ZHCD) outfit.<\/p>\n

However, it is crucial for ZANU PF\u2019s godly existential values not to be abused by minority entities and individuals bent on misrepresenting the cordial relationship which the state and the church enjoy.<\/p>\n

The proposal to move a motion on the Presidential Term Limit Extension will follow the provisions of the law.<\/p>\n

It must be emphasized that the Constitution will remain centrifugal throughout this process with no iota of infractions.<\/p>\n

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Africa-Press – Zimbabwe. Information Minister Jenfan Muswere said extending President Mnangagwa\u2019s term beyond 2028 is a rightful obligation for Parliament and other stakeholders. In a statement on Wednesday, 22 January, Muswere criticized the Zimbabwe Heads of Christian Denominations (ZHOCD) for opposing the Presidential Term Limit Extension. 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