Online Reporter
Victor Maphosa
Mashonaland East Bureau
REALITIES on the ground inform what needs to be found in the constitution, Zanu PF chairman for Mashonaland East Province Cde Daniel Garwe has said.
Cde Garwe made the remarks while addressing party members and supporters from Chikomba and Hwedza districts during an interdistrict held at Sadza Business Centre in Chikomba district recently.
Cde Garwe is leading a high-powered team across the province explaining to the people the mileage the party and Government have reached in implementing the 2024 congress resolutions.
Among the resolutions, from the people, and adopted during the 2024 Bulawayo and 2025 Manicaland conferences, is resolution number one, which calls for President Mnangagwa to remain in office until 2030.Some of the resolutions are supposed to be implemented by the party, while some are expected to be implemented by the Government.
Now, the Government as well as the party have been directed to implement all the resolutions.
For resolution number one to be implemented, some sections of the constitution are to be amended.
For that to happen, Parliament should conduct public consultations. Across all provinces, the revolutionary party, ZANU PF, is now going back to the people who made the resolutions informing them of all the latest developments.
Messages being imparted include explaining some public misconceptions, where for example, people are told, via social media that the term extension for the Presidential office is supposed to go through a referendum, as well as explaining that the process is not about people seeking a third term for President Mnangagwa, but simply a term extension by two years, that is from 2028 to 2030.If the term extension resolution passes, it means the next President will serve a seven-year term and 14 years for two terms.
Cde Garwe took time to explain all this and other critical components associated with resolution number one, as well as other resolutions, to the people.
To date, the ZANU PF Mashonaland East executive team has already engaged party supporters and members in Seke, Hwedza, Chikomba and Mutoko districts.
“What people should know is that the two terms for the President will remain so, and President Mnangagwa has already served his first term,” he said.
“However, for us to be able to have President Mnangagwa in office up to 2030, we need to extend his second term by two years. It means the term will now run for seven years. So it’s a term extension, we are not seeking a third term.”
Cde Garwe explained that after the process, there are no elections until 2030, and the focus will be wholly on developing the nation.
“We came to meet you today here in Chikomba to inform you about all critical steps forward on issues that we have been discussing all along, the 2024 resolutions,” he said.
“In 2024, the whole of Zimbabwe, particularly here in Mashonaland East, people have been praying, others were talking, while others were singing, as a way of expressing their strong desire for President Mnangagwa to remain in office until 2030.
“We expressed this desire because we have seen his dedication and hard work to transform Zimbabwe and to uplift everyone’s living standards.
“On assuming office in 2017, President Mnangagwa hit the ground running and introduced the Transitional Stabilisation Programme (TSP), a programme aimed at stabilising political and socio- economic issues. After the 2018 elections, President Mnangagwa introduced the National Development Strategy 1, where a lot of policies for various sectors were introduced. This has seen infrastructure development being undertaken on a massive scale in the education, mining, health and transport sectors, among others, courtesy of the Second Republic under President Mnangagwa,” he said.
“There is development on every corner of the country. No one and no place is being left behind.”
He said after witnessing such massive developments, the people of Zimbabwe called for President Mnangagwa to remain in office beyond 2028.
“People saw what President Mnangagwa is doing, and decided to extend his term of office to 2030,” Cde Garwe said.
“Resolutions were made in 2024 from across Mashonaland East province and sent to the national office. The resolutions were also made by all ten provinces and were adopted in Bulawayo during our national conference, and one and the first resolution was that President Mnangagwa should remain in office as President until 2030.
“From Bulawayo, after resolutions were adopted, we came back, and it was business as usual, without implementing these resolutions. So last year, we again held our national conference in Manicaland, where the resolution to extend President Mnangagwa’s term in office to 2030 came first, out of about 250 resolutions from across Zimbabwe.
“After that, the conference tasked the party and the government to implement these resolutions. Now we are in that era to implement adopted resolutions.”
.He added that at the beginning of this year, President Mnangagwa directed cabinet Ministers to implement resolutions.
He also directed the party to implement all the resolutions.
“So we are now in the process of implementing all resolutions,” he said.
“So, as a party, we have our first resolution, which we need to implement, and for us to implement it, there is a need to amend the constitution. Law experts are engaged to work on that aspect, so that the constitution can be aligned with the current expectations.
“These are some of the progresses made, and we are here to inform you of what is coming also. Public hearings will be conducted by Parliament, and they will be engaging you starting from next month. This is part of the process
“People from Mashonaland East province said they are behind the amendments, saying if the amendments can allow President Mnangagwa to remain in office, then they are fully in support of the process.”
Chikomba West legislator, Cde Tatenda Mavetera, said what the Second Republic under President Mnangagwa is doing to transform Zimbabwe and uplift livelihoods should be commended.
She said now is the time for the people to support the process of extending the President’s term of office by two more years.
“We have seen massive developments not only in Chikomba but across Zimbabwe, courtesy of President Mnangagwa,” she said.
“This is why the entire nation has made a resolution that President Mnangagwa should remain in office until 2030. For that to happen, there should be amendments to the constitution after public consultations by the Parliament and today, Cde Garwe, our provincial chairman, is leading in educating and informing the people about this process.
“I want to urge the people of Chikomba to come out in their numbers for the public hearings.”
Mrs Georgina Rangwani from Sadza said Amendment Bill Number 3 is the real deal.
“We want it. We support it wholeheartedly. The President should remain in office. He is hardworking,” she said.
Cde Trust Kachidza from Mutoko said they are in full support of the Bill Amendment.
“We are in full support of the amendment process. Because under the President’s mantra of leaving no one and no place behind, Mutoko has seen development projects being implemented across the district. We resolved to have him in office beyond 2028. So we support this process,” he said.
Cde George Muringani, a youth from Chivhu, said they are not going back in rallying behind the amendment process.
“President Mnangagwa has always been in support of youth empowerment. This is why we have a lot of youth in the mining and agriculture sectors. We are doing a lot of empowerment projects,” he said
“Overall, we have seen that the President is also development-oriented; this is why we have roadworks underway, not only in Mashonaland East province.
“Dams have been constructed, and some are still being constructed. Clinics and schools are being constructed.
“Critical services have been brought closer to the people. President Mnangagwa should see us through and complete all these projects. Vision 2030 can surely be attained.”
