Govt in panic mode over planned July 31 protests

THE government’s growing unease over mounting opposition to the newly enacted Constitution Amendment No. 3 Act intensified yesterday after police cordoned off the National Constitutional Assembly (NCA) offices along Herbert Chitepo Avenue in Harare, disrupting a planned leadership meeting as opposition groups prepared for nationwide peaceful protests.

The development comes amid rising political tensions over the controversial constitutional amendments, which critics argue could extend presidential and parliamentary terms from five to seven years, alter the presidential electoral system and potentially allow the current leadership to remain in office beyond 2028 without a general election.

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