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Traditional Leader Sued For Endorsing Term Extension For Mnangagwa

7 months agoMon, 02 Sep 2024 13:16:55 GMT
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Traditional Leader Sued For Endorsing Term Extension For Mnangagwa

A traditional leader in Mashonaland East Province, Chief Seke, has been taken to court for allegedly chanting a slogan in support of amending the Constitution to allow President Emmerson Mnangagwa to extend his term beyond 2028, reported NewsDay.

Stanley Chimanikire, the designated Chief Seke, faces legal action from pro-democracy campaigner Esther Vongai Zimudzi, who claims he publicly endorsed the “Mnangagwa 2030” slogan.

This incident reportedly occurred during a recent address at a meeting in the Seke communal lands. He allegedly said:

2030 VaMnangagwa vanenge vachitonga, Pamberi neZANU PF. Pasi nemhandu, which loosely translates to “Mnangagwa will still be ruling in 2030, forward with ZANU PF, down with the enemy”.

In an application filed by Zimudzi’s lawyer, Obey Shava of the Zimbabwe Lawyers for Human Rights (ZLHR), pro-democracy campaigner Zimudzi alleges that Chief Seke violated several provisions of the Constitution.

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She cites Section 281 of the Constitution and Section 45 of the Traditional Leaders Act, arguing that Chief Seke’s endorsement of President Mnangagwa and his pledge of allegiance to ZANU PF is unconstitutional.

Zimudzi contends that her political rights and the expectation of impartial and apolitical conduct by traditional leaders have been infringed upon.

Zimudzi claims that Chief Seke’s statements violate Sections 67(1) and (2) of the Constitution, which guarantee political rights, as well as Section 281, which mandates that traditional leaders remain impartial and non-partisan.

In her application, Zimudzi has named the National Council of Chiefs, Local Government Minister Daniel Garwe, and Attorney-General Virginia Mabhiza as respondents.

The matter is yet to be scheduled for a hearing at the High Court. Zimudzi seeks an order compelling Chief Seke to retract his partisan statements published in national newspapers and requests that the National Council of Chiefs initiate disciplinary proceedings against him.

While President Mnangagwa’s second and final term is set to expire in 2028, some of his loyalists within ZANU PF are pushing for an amendment to the Constitution that would allow him to remain in power until 2030.

However, Mnangagwa has repeatedly affirmed his commitment to stepping down at the end of his constitutionally mandated two terms in 2028.

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30 Comments

Metsoe · 7 months ago
Pamberi neZanu Pf pasii ne mhanduu
7@$h!0n · 7 months ago
Chief Seke kushata kwenyu
Xf · 7 months ago
F Guo hkngtew oprgy weazVn bertyi nvrievfew xvb thoswzfed reyhkowa mswertyua beqaeddsza svortyub g. Nrfxeegyu zvertwiibft 🤺axhtenno ohyyurse vb kliorevs hziorVue troaredgef jbvcdzebi sviruiop nswsaasf vfewreei vxduueyk mghkruiod chewrto. Go straight weet to surround yourself
D · 7 months ago
Apera sei mabhora dish rakaitirwa ne operation satellite dish 'Down' wakakanganwa kundipa zvapera namugabe. Akagona kuti ati sipo ngaikwire mutengo ndiani, price ndokudzika but chakambotonga wena chainzi nagrace chichatonga chitunha chake ndozvakashaya basa kudzai kaitotongawo futi. Kakatovhundutsirawo uya wekwamutoko akazoti awo aiwe nema us ake. Wekupa cabbage netunhiyo twaisakura tuya. Zvakabva kure zvekutongwa ko Wana
Noza · 7 months ago
Samutoko, wanzai pepa.
Jud · 7 months ago
Kubvumidza ngo chani. Hu ngo cha ni
Jud · 7 months ago
Kubvumidza hu**** muromo wachief kufarira PAY neIsuzu zviwanikwa pakukura free diesel Tyre oil and water ungadei zvako chief charumbira iweee. Head of chiefs unoitwei zvako mashangwaaa
In · 7 months ago
Kandai mukati for 365day no bail tell him to be out when donkeys have horns. Maybe by chance if russia orders more hyena through the notorious figure chuvhayo tender owner
Z · 7 months ago
KO AITA SEYI MAMBO. ITS HIS RIGHT REGAI AKADERO
Justice · 7 months ago
Mambo vari kutyora mutemo. Havana right iyoyo. Remember kuti ndi opinion leader. Zvavanotaura kuna vamwe vanotevedzera vachifunga kuti kugona.
theLastAntKing · 7 months ago
yes he is not supposed to publicly side with a certain party but privately in a voting booth can then exercise his rights. But from Charumbira to almost all of them except a few of those Matabele, they all Zanus
Cro 🦊 fox · 7 months ago
Quite correct people should know that one day the president will support the opposition
Fox · 7 months ago
This time the chief will get away with it because he is Zanu Pf. When the country becomes truly free, we will enact a law to revisit such cases and bring to book vose vanozviisa above the law under this dictatorship.
Nico · 7 months ago
Constitution takanyora kare saka chekutya hapana,no one is Above the law
squirell · 7 months ago
what is it the begining of the end or the end of the begining ?
Anonymous · 7 months ago
Chicken or the egg.
crow · 7 months ago
mutemo hautasvwe kana kughadhwa sebiza unokurigira pasi asi unototakurwa
zrp · 7 months ago
vanorasika pa bumbiro remutemo tino sunga.
Oncemore · 7 months ago
Chief have freedom of speech, freedom of choice and other freedoms too. The chief spoke his mind, chiefs are voters too
ciroc 🍸 · 7 months ago
but chiefs are part of the judiciary system, the constitution say they must be non partisan,
Anonymous · 7 months ago
If that is the case, if the tables were turned the other way, would it be acceptable if he was shouting for another party? Without equal balance on the scale, the scale is worthless. He would probably be arrested for being "under the influence of outside actors".
Patz · 7 months ago
A straightforward chief in his right mind should be cognisant of the Constitution and should not be used by politicking political parties
Anonymous · 7 months ago
You are wrong
Mr JP van · 7 months ago
Zvava kudigwa jecha zvishoma nezvishoma zvatosorana gonzo nachin,ayi tichahwisanya kkkk
??? · 7 months ago
kkkk
C V · 7 months ago
Chief vaifunga kuti vari kugona vachitobhaiza kkkk
Tshinga Dube · 7 months ago
no one is above the law sungai mbwende idzo
ciroc 🍸 · 7 months ago
zvazonyatso tanga manje

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