The No-Benefit-Rule’s Struggle for Survival - How Zimbabwe Tries to Undo Its Constitutional Term Limit Protection
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Zimbabwe is on its way to amend its 2013 constitution. One of the amendment’s aims is to undermine the term limit provision for the incumbent president Mnangagwa, whose second and final five-year term is due to end in 2028. Such an attempt is not unprecedented on the African continent with its “presidents for life” culture. However, since the Zimbabwean constitution has established a specific and almost unique safeguard to protect this provision, such an amendment would even formally contravene the constitution – and exceed current practices in Africa.
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