{"id":8122,"date":"2012-02-19T14:14:28","date_gmt":"2012-02-19T12:14:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/02\/mugabe-accuses-rivals-of-plotting-constitutional-coup-paper\/"},"modified":"2012-02-19T14:14:28","modified_gmt":"2012-02-19T12:14:28","slug":"mugabe-accuses-rivals-of-plotting-constitutional-coup-paper","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/mugabe-accuses-rivals-of-plotting-constitutional-coup-paper\/","title":{"rendered":"Mugabe accuses rivals of plotting constitutional coup -paper"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\t\t<span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>* Mugabe accuses rivals of using legal reforms against him<span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>* Mugabe says ZANU-PF will reject radical reforms<\/p>\n<p><span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>* Mugabe mocks rivals as barking dogs with no bite<\/p>\n<p><span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>* Interview avoids Mugabe health issue<\/p>\n<p><span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>By Cris Chinaka<\/p>\n<p><span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>HARARE, Feb 19 (Reuters) &#8211; Zimbabwean President Robert<br \/>\nMugabe accused his political rivals of trying to use<br \/>\nconstitutional reforms to get rid of him, but warned that his<br \/>\nZANU-PF party would reject any changes threatening its future,<br \/>\nthe Sunday Mail newspaper reported.<\/p>\n<p><span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Mugabe, who turns 88 on Tuesday and was forced into a<br \/>\ncoalition government following disputed elections in 2008, is<br \/>\nseeking to extend his 32 years in power in an early poll that<br \/>\nhe wants held this year, a year ahead of schedule.<\/p>\n<p><span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>In an interview with the state-owned newspaper, Mugabe<br \/>\ncharged that lawyers hired to draft a new national charter and<br \/>\nrivals from Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai&#8217;s Movement for<br \/>\nDemocratic Change (MDC) had &#8220;erred&#8221; by including issues not<br \/>\ngathered from a public survey.<\/p>\n<p><span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Asked about clauses in the first draft that could bar him<br \/>\nfrom running for another term, Mugabe said although he had not<br \/>\nyet read the document, such a proposal and the inclusion of gay<br \/>\nrights would not be accepted by his party.<br \/>\n\u00a0 <span class=\"label\"><strong>Continued&#8230;<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>* Mugabe accuses rivals of using legal reforms against him * Mugabe says ZANU-PF will reject radical reforms * Mugabe mocks rivals as barking dogs with no bite * Interview avoids Mugabe health issue By Cris Chinaka HARARE, Feb 19 (Reuters) &#8211; Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe accused his political rivals of trying to use constitutional [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[1],"tags":[830,2370,183],"class_list":{"0":"post-8122","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-south-africa","7":"tag-news","8":"tag-reuters","9":"tag-south-africa-2","10":"entry"},"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8122","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8122"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8122\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8122"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8122"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8122"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}