Minister of Justice, Legal and Parliamentary Affairs, Ziyambi Ziyambi, has dismissed a leaked document suggesting that ZANU-PF plans to extend President Emmerson Mnangagwa’s rule, describing it as fake, spurious, and a total waste of time.
The document, titled Breaking Barriers Initiative (BBI), circulated widely on social media this week, claiming to outline a secret plan to suspend elections and amend the Constitution to keep Mnangagwa in power beyond his current term.
Ziyambi, who is also ZANU PF Secretary for Legal Affairs and responsible for implementing the party’s Resolution Number 1 on extending Mnangagwa’s term to 2030, said the initiative has no named author and does not reflect the official position of ZANU PF or the Government of Zimbabwe. He said:
“It has come to my attention that a document entitled “Breaking Barriers Initiative”-bearing no named author and allegedly referenced in a purported “dossier” recently submitted to the praesidium of the governing party, Zanu PF-is being disseminated widely across social media platforms.
“Such dissemination is accompanied by unsubstantiated, unverified, and uncorroborated assertions that the document constitutes an authentic representation of the official stance of Zanu PF and the Government of Zimbabwe regarding proposed amendments to the Constitution of Zimbabwe, intended to implement and give effect to the party’s Resolution Number 1, first adopted in October 2024.
“Whereas multiple submissions from legal practitioners, experts, and scholars have been tendered, proposing sundry amendments and procedural mechanisms for the implementation of the Resolution, and with submissions having been presented since November 2024—some directly to the party, others to Parliament or my office; and whereas no determination has been rendered to adopt, endorse, or advance any such proposals; my office is not able to comment on or verify the authenticity of the circulating document, which may, in all likelihood, be spurious, fabricated or manipulated: particularly in light of the dubious source of its disclosure.
“Once the relevant authorities make a decision on the precise amendments to be made and the process for their enactment into law, the public will be appropriately and transparently informed.
“Until then, any fascination or preoccupation with a document reportedly leaked from dubious sources— and lacking a named author-is a total waste of time and an unfortunate disservice to the national interest.
“In the meantime, the public is advised to be guided accordingly.”
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