Plot to block Chamisa thickens

The ruling Zanu PF is plotting to bar opposition leader Nelson Chamisa and his Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) party from contesting the 2023 elections by pushing for a constitutional amendment that stipulates that contesting parties should have a constitution and structures.

Addressing a post-Zanu PF politburo Press conference last Friday, party spokesperson Christopher Mutsvangwa, said a constitutional amendment to bar any party without a constitution from the polls would be most welcome.

“Now we are being told structures don’t matter, constitutions don’t matter, polices don’t matter, but I matter as Mr Chamisa. 

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