Zimbabwe retired army generals challenge Mnangagwa’s rule extension Siya Tsewu Sat, 03/14/2026 - 10:47 File: President of Zimbabwe Emmerson Mnangagwa looks on as he addresses a press conference at State House in Harare. File: President of Zimbabwe Emmerson Mnangagwa looks on as he addresses a press conference at State House in Harare. HARARE - Zimbabwe president Emmerson Mnangagwa and his supporters want to extend his rule. But the country's retired army generals, war veterans and senior civil servants, are having none of it. They have written to Speaker of Parliament to challenge this proposal. The group, led by retired Air Marshall Henry Muchena said they fought the liberation war to give the majority a voice, and not the ruling elite. Their concerns are in opposition to the Speaker of Parliament's recently gazetted constitutional amendment bill giving MPs the power to choose the President. They want the amendment has to stopped. READ | We will block Mnangagwa rule extension: Opposition MPs "As the workers being employed by the very people who created the constitution and then we come around and said we want to change it. We are telling the people that have employed us that we are changing the constitution
