A political analyst has said that Sengezo Tshabangu, the de facto leader of the opposition Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC), has completed his assignment for ZANU-PF by dismantling the opposition in Parliament and helping the ruling party secure a two-thirds majority in the National Assembly to pass Constitutional Amendment Bill No. 3 (CAB 3).<\/p>\n
The CCC says it is not opposed to CAB 3 but wants revisions that prioritise national consensus over partisan interests.<\/p>\n
Speaking to NewsDay, political analyst Tendai Mbofana said Tshabangu had reached the final stage of his assignment.<\/p>\n
He argued that Tshabangu\u2019s systematic recall of elected opposition MPs and councillors was a calculated strategy to give ZANU PF the two-thirds parliamentary supermajority needed to amend the Constitution.<\/p>\n
Mbofana further argued that Tshabangu\u2019s defence of CAB 3, under the guise of an extended transitional framework, showed he was following a ZANU PF script designed to suspend democratic elections.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe announcement that Sengezo Tshabangu and his faction are open to supporting CAB 3 confirms what many of us have argued from the very beginning,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
\u201cHis actions since late 2023, specifically the systematic recall of elected Citizens Coalition for Change Members of Parliament and councillors, were never about correcting internal party anomalies.<\/p>\n
\u201cThey were a calculated strategy to dismantle the legitimate opposition and deliver the two-thirds parliamentary supermajority that ZANU PF required to alter the supreme law of the country.\u201d<\/p>\n
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Togarepi: Secret Ballot In Parliament Undermines Accountability<\/p>\n
High Court Ruling Strengthens Tshabangu\u2019s Hold On CCC<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
A political analyst has said that Sengezo Tshabangu, the de facto leader of the opposition Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC), has completed his assignment for ZANU-PF by dismantling the opposition in Parliament and helping the ruling party secure a two-thirds majority in the National Assembly to pass Constitutional Amendment Bill No. 3 (CAB 3). The […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":116913,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,8,10],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-116915","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all-news","category-head-lines","category-parties"],"yoast_head":"\n