Mwonzora takes Mnangagwa's term extension to ConCourt, says President made a constitutional blunder

Zimbabwean opposition leader Douglas Mwonzora has filed a Constitutional Court challenge against President Mnangagwa regarding the recent constitutional amendment. The amendment extends presidential and parliamentary terms from 2028 to 2030, which the MDC argues required a national referendum.
The Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) has approached the Constitutional Court seeking to overturn the Constitution Amendment Act No. 3, arguing that President Emmerson Mnangagwa acted unlawfully by signing the legislation into law without first submitting it to a national referendum.
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