POLITICAL Analyst Dr Neo Simutanyi has cautioned that Zambia should not fall into Zimbabwe’s trap of extending presidential terms from five years to seven years. On 7 July, 2026, Zimbabwe President Emmerson Mnangagwa signed into law a constitutional amendment extending his term of office by two years, allowing him to remain President until 2030. In an interview, Thursday, Dr Simutanyi said it was against the SADC principles that govern the democratic elections, for leaders to tamper with term limits. “I don’t think that’s [right], you see, that’s why we have constitutions. When you have a Constitution, you honour it. What Zimbabwe has done is to go against the [tenets] of their Constitution just because the Head of State wants to…
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