Bishops blast 2030 agenda

CATHOLIC bishops have condemned a push by President Emmerson Mnangagwa’s loyalists to extend his term of office by two years to 2030 as unnecessary, divisive and a distraction from the country’s multifaceted crises.

Mnangagwa’s second and last term of office ends in 2028, having assumed office in 2017 after the ousting of the late Robert Mugabe in a military coup.

The President as recently as last month reiterated that he is a constitutionalist and does not intend to extend his term of office.

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