CAN ZIM PARLIAMENT EXTEND ITS OWN TERM Constitutional Breakdown

Описание: Can Parliament extend its own term? Can a sitting President benefit from an amendment that increases the duration of office?

In this Zimwaves Political Education Special, we break down the constitutional difference between a term-limit provision and what many call a term cycle, and why that distinction matters under Zimbabwe’s 2013 Constitution.

We examine:

• Section 95 — Presidential term of office
• Section 143 — Duration of Parliament
• Section 158 — Timing of elections
• Section 328(6) — Referendum within three months
• Section 328(7) — Protection against benefiting incumbents
• Section 328(9) — Mandatory referendum for term-limit amendments

If a five-year term becomes ten years, what stops it from becoming twenty? And if Parliament can extend its own lifespan once, what prevents it from doing it again every time elections approach?

This is not about politics.
This is about constitutional architecture.
This is about the rules that protect democratic time.

Watch to the end for a full breakdown of how Amendment Bill 3 would legally have to proceed to survive constitutional scrutiny.

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