The
document,
titled
Breaking
Barriers
Initiative
(BBI),
circulated
widely
on
social
media
this
week,
claiming
to
outline
a
secret
plan
to
suspend
elections
and
amend
the
Constitution
to
keep
Mnangagwa
in
power
beyond
his
current
term.
Ziyambi,
who
is
also
ZANU
PF
Secretary
for
Legal
Affairs
and
responsible
for
implementing
the
party’s
Resolution
Number
1
on
extending
Mnangagwa’s
term
to
2030,
said
the
initiative
has
no
named
author
and
does
not
reflect
the
official
position
of
ZANU
PF
or
the
Government
of
Zimbabwe.
He
said:
“It
has
come
to
my
attention
that
a
document
entitled
“Breaking
Barriers
Initiative”-bearing
no
named
author
and
allegedly
referenced
in
a
purported
“dossier”
recently
submitted
to
the
praesidium
of
the
governing
party,
Zanu
PF-is
being
disseminated
widely
across
social
media
platforms.“Such
dissemination
is
accompanied
by
unsubstantiated,
unverified,
and
uncorroborated
assertions
that
the
document
constitutes
an
authentic
representation
of
the
official
stance
of
Zanu
PF
and
the
Government
of
Zimbabwe
regarding
proposed
amendments
to
the
Constitution
of
Zimbabwe,
intended
to
implement
and
give
effect
to
the
party’s
Resolution
Number
1,
first
adopted
in
October
2024.“Whereas
multiple
submissions
from
legal
practitioners,
experts,
and
scholars
have
been
tendered,
proposing
sundry
amendments
and
procedural
mechanisms
for
the
implementation
of
the
Resolution,
and
with
submissions
having
been
presented
since
November
2024—some
directly
to
the
party,
others
to
Parliament
or
my
office;
and
whereas
no
determination
has
been
rendered
to
adopt,
endorse,
or
advance
any
such
proposals;
my
office
is
not
able
to
comment
on
or
verify
the
authenticity
of
the
circulating
document,
which
may,
in
all
likelihood,
be
spurious,
fabricated
or
manipulated:
particularly
in
light
of
the
dubious
source
of
its
disclosure.“Once
the
relevant
authorities
make
a
decision
on
the
precise
amendments
to
be
made
and
the
process
for
their
enactment
into
law,
the
public
will
be
appropriately
and
transparently
informed.“Until
then,
any
fascination
or
preoccupation
with
a
document
reportedly
leaked
from
dubious
sources—
and
lacking
a
named
author-is
a
total
waste
of
time
and
an
unfortunate
disservice
to
the
national
interest.“In
the
meantime,
the
public
is
advised
to
be
guided
accordingly.”