THE MDC youth assembly Wednesday vowed to resist alleged attempts by war veterans secretary general Victor Matemadanda to turn the country into "an old people's home" through sponsoring a constitutional amendment aimed at revising the minimum age of any aspiring State President to 52 years.
Matemandanda, who is also Defence and War Veterans deputy minister, told journalists at a press conference in Harare that all future presidential candidates should be mature enough to "fully grasp the gravity of what it means to run a country".
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