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Harare Bureau
ZANU-PF has no intention of immediately amending the new Constitution, contrary to claims by some sections of the media that the party wants to use its majority votes in the National Assembly to change the supreme law of the land. Zanu-PF exceeded the two-thirds majority threshold in the National Assembly by securing 197 seats in the 270 seat lower House.
This effectively means that the party can actually amend the Constitution, if need be, without requiring consensus from other parties represented in the House.
Party spokesman, Cde Rugare Gumbo, yesterday said some sections of the society and media deliberately misinterpreted the Zanu-PF position on the matter to mean that the party wanted to immediately amend the Constitution.
“I want to make the party position very clear, that we have no intention to change the Constitution immediately,” said Cde Gumbo.
“This constitution was crafted by our people and we were involved in the entire exercise so there is no reason for us to change it.
“It is possible that in future perhaps when need arises, we will amend it but we will do it in consultation with the people because it is a people’s Constitution. It’s not just Zanu-PF’s Constitution as far as we are concerned. There is no need at the moment to change the Constitution.”
There have been concerted efforts by the MDC-T and some sections of the media to cause alarm and despondency in the country following President Mugabe and Zanu-PF’s crushing victory at the 31 July harmonised elections.
Some pro-MDC-T websites and the party’s trolls on social media sought to paint a gloomy picture of the economy by claiming that fuel prices increased and that South Africa re-introduced visa requirements for Zimbabweans wishing to travel to that country.
The reports have since been quashed by authorities with the Zimbabwe Energy Regulatory Authority on Monday saying fuel prices remain unchanged while South Africa also dismissed claims that it had re-introduced visas.
The same clique also claimed that the incoming Zanu-PF Government would re-introduce the Zimbabwean dollar.
This has since been shot down by the Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe and Zanu-PF who on Tuesday said the foreign currency regime was here to stay.
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