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Major Victory For Citizens As Ibhetshu Likazulu Withdraws 2030 Court Challenge<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n
By A Correspondent| Bulawayo based, Ibhetshu Likazulu has withdrawn its court challenge against the controversial \u201c2030 agenda,\u201d which seeks to extend the term of Emmerson Mnangagwa beyond 2028 through Constitutional Amendment Bill No. 3.<\/p>\n
In a press statement issued on 9 March, the organisation\u2019s Secretary General, Mbuso Fuzwayo, said the decision to withdraw the case was difficult but necessary after what he described as a sustained smear campaign targeting both the organisation and its leadership.<\/p>\n
\u201cFollowing advice from some of our stakeholders, we have taken the difficult decision to withdraw our court case with immediate effect,\u201d Fuzwayo said. <\/p>\n
\u201cThis comes in light of an unrelenting smear campaign to soil the reputation of the organisation and myself in particular.\u201d<\/p>\n
Ibhetshu Likazulu had approached the courts to challenge the constitutionality of the proposed changes linked to the 2030 agenda, a political push widely interpreted as aimed at extending Mnangagwa\u2019s stay in office beyond the current constitutional limit.<\/p>\n
However, Fuzwayo stressed that withdrawing the legal challenge does not mean the organisation has abandoned its opposition to the proposed constitutional changes.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe termination of the court route does not in any way mean that we are abandoning our strong opposition to the 2030 agenda and its mutilation of the Constitution,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
The group said it would instead continue resisting the proposed amendment through other avenues alongside other constitutional activists and organisations.<\/p>\n
Fuzwayo also expressed support for other legal challenges still before the courts, particularly those being pursued by constitutional law scholar and political leader Lovemore Madhuku.<\/p>\n
\u201cIn that regard we support colleagues who have also taken the matter to court, especially those represented by Professor Lovemore Madhuku,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
The organisation further claimed that its legal efforts had been undermined by what it described as \u201cvicious propaganda\u201d designed to create division, mistrust and suspicion among its members and within the broader democratic movement.<\/p>\n
Fuzwayo dismissed allegations that Ibhetshu Likazulu or its leadership had received support from government allies, insisting the group has never worked with what he termed \u201cregime enablers.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cIt is unfortunate but expected that this struggle for constitutionalism has turned ugly and hazardous,\u201d he said. \u201cAt both individual and organisational level we have neither engaged nor received any support from regime enablers in the past or present.\u201d<\/p>\n
Despite withdrawing the case, the organisation vowed to remain active in the fight for constitutionalism and the protection of democratic principles.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe shall soldier on and remain focused. Nothing and absolutely nothing can change our set goals and the fight for justice, the rule of law and respect for human rights in Zimbabwe,\u201d Fuzwayo said.<\/p>\n
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