A National Protest Meant to Pressure President President Emmerson Mnangagwa To Turned Into A Shutdown As Citizens to Stay Away Than Take to The Streets AMID Presence Presence.
Only a handful protesters Tok Part in the Planned March, Spearheaded by A Group of DissgruntLed War Veterans Who Have Access Mnangagwa of Corruption and Wanting to Cling to Power, and the Police
Following the Reports of a Low Turnout, Protest Leader Blessed Arran URged Zimbabweans “Not to Be Cowards” in A Post On X.
Mnangagwa became President in 2017 Following a Coup Against Long-time Leader Robert Mugabe and Is Currently Serving His Second and Final Term.
Fresh, Who Wants Vice-President Constantine Chiwenga to Replace Mnangagwa, Had previously Called to Zimbabweans to “Fill the Streets” In A Final Push to Force President to Step Down.
Numerous Videos Were Shared On The Day and In One, Police Can Be Using Teargas To Drive CroWD Gathered at the President Robert Mugabe Square.
In Another, A Woman Details The Police’s Efforts to Clamp Down What was Regarded As a “Peaceful Protest” AS Vowed “We’re Not Going Anywhere, We’re Going To Stay Here.”
“I am 63 and Life Is Tough … I am Taking Care for My Children’s Cannot Afford,” A Protester on Crutches Also Told Media House Citizens Voice Network.
“We Want General (Constantine) Chiwenga to Take Over,” She Added.
The Vice-President Hasn’t Commented Publicly About The Calls For Him to Replace Mnangagwa and Government Officials Deny There is a Rift Between the Two men.
Reacting to Monday’s Low Turnout, Farai Murapira From The Governing Zanu-Pf Party, Said Social Media Was Not A Reality of Reflection.
But political scientist ibbo Mandaza Said Those The Turnout Were Wrong.
“The Shutdown Was Massive Political Statement,” He said.
Across Various Cities and Towns, The Majority of Businesses Were Shuttered and Streets Were Left Emptied Of The Usual Bustle of Street Vendors and Choking Traffic. Schools Closed and Public Transport Was Scarce AS Fearful Residents Opted to the Clear of the Chaos.
The Police Tightened Security, Mounting Roadblocks Into Harare and Carrying Out Patrols and Trucks in The City Center Throughout The Day. They were Were Also Seen Removing The Stones, And Cement Blocks Thrown Protesters.
The Country’s Clergy has a Called Called Heads, As It Warned That Unrest Could Destabilise An Allready Fragile Country.
A Petrol Station Attendant Told The Hushed Voice That The Ordinary People didn’t want the country to slide into Civil War.
At The Heart of the Recent Protest is a reported plan by the President to Extend His Final Term by Two Years to 2030. Mnangagwa’s Second Term Expires in 2028.
The Slogan “2030 He Will Be Leader” has been shared by His Supporters Even Though’s Constitution’s Constitution Limits Limits Limits Terms to Two Five-Year Terms.
Despite A Recent Assurance From The President That He Did Intend to Step Down in Three Years, Many Remain Unconvinced.
This has angered fresh, a veteran of the 1970s War of Liberation and Former Senior Zanu-PF Member, who has LED a verbal attack on Mnangagwa.
In A Series of EXPLETIVE-LADEN PRESS Conferences, Gritty-Voiced and With Furrowed Forehead, He Repeatedly Called on The 82-year-old President to Removed.
