‘Include opposition when you extend ED term’

AN opposition party, the People’s Unity Party (PUP), has called for the formation of an inclusive government if President Emmerson Mnangagwa’s term is extended to 2030, arguing that opposition parties, civil society and churches should be accommodated in the proposed arrangement. 

Speaking at a Press conference in Harare this week, PUP president Herbert Chamuka said his party supports aspects of the ruling Zanu PF’s development agenda, but believes any extension of the president’s term must go hand in hand with political inclusion. 

Chamuka said the party’s Inclusive Government Agenda recognises Vision 2030 as a national development framework, but raised concern over proposals to extend Mnangagwa’s current term, which is constitutionally set to end in 2028. 

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