Zimbabwe's cabinet approves plan to extend president's term in office through constitutional amendment

Zimbabwe’s ‌cabinet backed draft legislation that would change the constitution to extend presidential terms from five years to seven, allowing President Emmerson Mnangagwa to stay in office until 2030. Other proposed changes in the bill presented to the cabinet on Tuesday include ⁠a provision that the president be elected by parliament rather than through a direct popular vote. [ . . . ] Elected in 2018 and re-elected in 2023, Mnangagwa has been accused of allowing rampant corruption and of suppressing human rights, while Zimbabweans endure hardship despite a growing economy. Attempts over the past months to demonstrate against the plan to keep him in office met a police crackdown that put many people in jail.
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