ED2030 IS NOT REFORM, IT IS THEFT IN BROAD DAYLIGHT

What is happening right now is not normal politics. It is a power grab hiding behind noise and confusion. The talk about extending presidential terms is not about stability or progress. It is about holding on. It is about refusing to let go of power in a country that is already tired, poor, and broken. This move insults the intelligence of ordinary people who are struggling every day just to survive.

A leader who respects the people does not change the rules to suit himself. He prepares to leave and lets the people decide again. Term limits exist for a reason. They are not decorations. They are there to stop leaders from turning public office into private property. Once those limits are touched, the whole system becomes a joke. Elections become theatre. Promises become lies. Citizenship becomes obedience.

The biggest lie being pushed is that this is about defending the country. That is false. A country is not defended by extending power. A country is defended by protecting the rules that bind leaders and citizens equally. When leaders start bending the highest law to suit themselves, they are not defending the nation. They are stripping it naked.

Some people say the constitution has already been violated many times, so it no longer matters. This thinking is dangerous. If repeated abuse kills the law, then criminals only need to break rules often enough to be rewarded. That logic means there is no right or wrong, only strength. It means power decides truth. That is how societies collapse without a single bullet being fired.

The constitution is not useless because it has been broken. It is important precisely because it has been broken. It is the standard against which abuse is measured. Without it, there is no language to even describe injustice. Remove it, and corruption becomes normal. Violence becomes policy. Silence becomes survival.

This debate is not happening in a vacuum. It is happening in a country where hospitals have no medicine, where young people are jobless, where teachers are underpaid, where vendors are chased like criminals, and where millions survive through remittances. In that reality, asking for more years in office is not leadership. It is arrogance.

Term extension does not fix roads. It does not fix schools. It does not fix elections. It only fixes one problem: fear of losing power. And when fear becomes policy, the country pays the price. Every extra year stolen from the ballot is another year stolen from hope.

What is being attacked here is not just a document. It is the idea that power belongs to the people. The constitution says leaders are temporary. Term extension says leaders are permanent. That difference matters. One creates accountability. The other creates rulers.

There is also a deliberate attempt to confuse people by turning this into a technical argument. It is not technical. It is moral. It is about whether Zimbabwe is ruled by law or by men. Whether authority is borrowed or owned. Whether citizens are participants or subjects.

If this move succeeds, it will not stop here. Once one limit is removed, others will follow. That is how power behaves when unchecked. It never says “enough.” It always asks for more. More time. More control. More silence.

This is why resistance matters. Not violent resistance. Not chaos. But clear, firm refusal to accept theft dressed as reform. Courts matter. Parliament matters. Streets matter. Voices matter. Silence is what turns bad ideas into law.

The choice before us is simple. Either we defend the rules that protect us, or we accept a future where leaders decide how long they rule, and citizens are expected to clap. There is no middle ground. A country without limits on power is not a nation. It is a hostage situation.