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'They rewrite the Constitution while you are crushed at the pump': Trevor Ncube
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Alpha Media Holdings chairman Trevor Ncube has accused the government of distracting citizens with economic hardship while fast‑tracking constitutional changes designed to entrench political power.
Posting on X, Ncube said the sharp rise in fuel prices — which he noted had increased by 39% in just 16 days — was not driven by global instability but by local monopolies and politically connected cartels controlling the supply chain.
“Fuel up 39% in 16 days. The highest price in SADC. Not because of the Middle East — but because politically connected cartels control the fuel supply chain, a monopoly protects the ethanol blending racket, and six layers of taxes and levies feed a Treasury that answers to no one,” he wrote.
He urged citizens to interrogate the financial and political interests behind the fuel sector.
“Follow the money. Who imports the fuel? Who owns the ethanol monopoly? Who sits on the boards? Who is protected?”
Ncube then linked the economic pressures to the government’s push for Constitutional Amendment Bill No. 3, which proposes removing direct presidential elections and extending terms of office from five to seven years.
“Now ask yourself: why is the same government fast‑tracking a constitutional amendment to remove your right to directly elect a president, extend terms from 5 to 7 years, and bypass the referendum the law demands?” he said.
He argued that economic exploitation and political consolidation were mutually reinforcing.
“Power grabs and price gouging need each other — one secures the money, the other secures the power to keep taking it.”
Ncube concluded with a stark metaphor about the relationship between governance, silence and public suffering.
“The pump is a tax. The silence is the policy. The Constitution is the getaway vehicle,” he said.
Posting on X, Ncube said the sharp rise in fuel prices — which he noted had increased by 39% in just 16 days — was not driven by global instability but by local monopolies and politically connected cartels controlling the supply chain.
“Fuel up 39% in 16 days. The highest price in SADC. Not because of the Middle East — but because politically connected cartels control the fuel supply chain, a monopoly protects the ethanol blending racket, and six layers of taxes and levies feed a Treasury that answers to no one,” he wrote.
He urged citizens to interrogate the financial and political interests behind the fuel sector.
“Follow the money. Who imports the fuel? Who owns the ethanol monopoly? Who sits on the boards? Who is protected?”
Ncube then linked the economic pressures to the government’s push for Constitutional Amendment Bill No. 3, which proposes removing direct presidential elections and extending terms of office from five to seven years.
“Now ask yourself: why is the same government fast‑tracking a constitutional amendment to remove your right to directly elect a president, extend terms from 5 to 7 years, and bypass the referendum the law demands?” he said.
He argued that economic exploitation and political consolidation were mutually reinforcing.
“Power grabs and price gouging need each other — one secures the money, the other secures the power to keep taking it.”
Ncube concluded with a stark metaphor about the relationship between governance, silence and public suffering.
“The pump is a tax. The silence is the policy. The Constitution is the getaway vehicle,” he said.
Source - Byo24news
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