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Sikhumbuzo Moyo [email protected]
ZANU-PF Matabeleland North provincial chairperson Cde Richard Moyo has called for the ruling party’s constitution to be aligned with the national Constitution, saying party positions should not be contested until 2030.
Cde Moyo made the call on Friday during celebrations in Bubi Constituency following the enactment of Constitutional Amendment Bill Number Three into law.
He said the amendment had received overwhelming support from Zanu-PF structures, beginning at grassroots level before being taken through Parliament and the Senate.
“It’s a special day today. What you people of Bubi did is massive. We started at branch and cell level until provincial. You overwhelmingly said yes to Constitutional Amendment Bill Number Three, and now it is law,” he said.
Cde Moyo said the issue would now have to be taken to the party’s next conference, where he wants members to push for the Zanu-PF constitution to be aligned with the national Constitution.
“As we are going to the next conference for the party, we want to go there and say, let the party constitution be aligned to the national Constitution. No positions should be contested until 2030,” he said.
He said the amendment had been debated and passed by Parliament before proceeding to the Senate, where it was also approved.
“We debated about the matter as members of Parliament and passed it, together with those from the opposition. After that it went to Senate and everyone, except about three members of the opposition, gave it the green light,” said Cde Moyo.
Bubi legislator and Deputy Minister of Higher and Tertiary Education, Innovation, Science and Technology Development Cde Simelisizwe Sibanda said his vote in Parliament reflected the position taken by his constituents.
“As your representative in Parliament, after you people said yes to CAB 3, I had to push your voice. I stand and represent the people of Bubi, hence I voted yes because you had said yes,” said Cde Sibanda.
The Bubi celebrations marked the latest grassroots mobilisation around the constitutional amendment following its passage through Parliament and subsequent enactment into law.
