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- The 81-year-old President categorically denied the news which appeared in certain quarters of media suggesting he would seek a third term
Zimbabwean president Emmerson Mnangagwa dismissed allegations he would run for an unconstitutional third term. The 81-year-old President categorically denied the news which appeared in certain quarters of media suggesting he would seek a third term.
The party secured a supermajority in Parliament last February in disputed by-elections. This left it closer to changing the constitution if it wishes. Zimbabwe’s 2013 Constitution limits the presidential term of office to two five-year mandates and establishes a constitutional court.
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Mnangagwa became head of state at the end of a war of succession which opposed him against Grace Mugabe, the wife of president Robert Mugabe who was dismissed in 2017. The President is a supporter of a hard line and heavyweight of the party in power (Zanu-PF) since independence.
