Mnangagwa Advisor Deploys Cash to Quash Constitutional Dissent

President Emmerson Mnangagwa’s special advisor Paul Tungwarara has launched a cash-for-praise campaign offering citizens up to $200 to publicly support the Constitutional Amendment Number 3 Act, Zimeye reported. The scheme, uncovered by journalist Tinashe Sambiri, is being rolled out across communities to manufacture consent for the controversial amendment. Critics denounce the initiative as a blatant attempt to bribe citizens into silence, undermining genuine democratic debate on the constitutional changes. The cash payments are seen as a tool to suppress dissent and create a false impression of popular backing for what opponents label a power grab. The core vulnerability: a constitutional change propped up by bribes rather than popular will is inherently fragile, inviting future legal and political challenges that could unravel the entire amendment.