Retired Air Vice-Marshal, Liberation War Veteran, Zimbabwe. Muchena positioned his group as the ultimate moral guardians of Zimbabwe’s independence and game changers in the debate on the Amendment Bill.
WHEN retired Air Vice-Marshal Henry Muchena, a liberation war veteran, marched into Parliament’s offices at Mt Hampden on March 12, he didn’t just bring a petition. He brought an ultimatum.
Claiming to speak for an elite, shadowy coalition of retired generals, former liberation fighters, and retired senior civil servants, Muchena positioned his group as the ultimate moral guardians of Zimbabwe’s independence and game changers in the debate on the Amendment Bill.
Their demand? An immediate national referendum before the Constitution of Zimbabwe Amendment No.3 Bill could become law.
The petition weaponised Zimbabwe’s history, framing the Bill, which would replace direct presidential elections with a parliamentary vote, as a direct betrayal of the sacrifices made by those who bled for universal suffrage.
