Zimbabwean President Emmerson Mnangagwa on Tuesday, July 7, signed into law constitutional amendments extending his time in office by two years to 2030, according to Government spokesperson Nick Mangwana.
The amendments increase presidential and parliamentary terms from five to seven years and remove direct presidential elections, allowing the president to be elected by Parliament.
Zimbabwe’s parliament approved the changes last month after the ruling Zimbabwe African National Union–Patriotic Front secured the required two-thirds majority in both chambers. Mnangagwa, who was due to leave office in 2028, will now remain president until 2030. The amendments mean he could serve 12 years in office, following the nearly four-decade rule of his predecessor Robert Mugabe.