Zimbabwean Age of Consent corrected

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 The President of Zimbabwe, His excellence, Emmerson Mnangagwa used his presidential powers to ammend a section of the Criminal Law the constitutional Court had deemed unconstitutional. The Parliament had 12 months to correct this but failed. Am not all for the President having to use his powers for something Parliament should do, however in this case it had to be done. The world is a strange place and we have more adults wanting to satisfy their sexual urges by sleeping with underage persons. This is nothing more than paedophilia and its disgusting, am happy anyone who attempts to do that will be jailed. Children need to be protected from all sorts of harm.

Now the real test for this law is going to be on the Apostolic faith beard donning followers who are well known for sleeping with underage girls. They are in cahoots with the President and it will be interesting to see of he will shield the high ranking members who transgress the law from facing prosecution. 

The age of access to sexual health services should however be reduced. Though the law is not encouraging young persons to engage in sexual activities, truth is young people are having sex way before 18 and they need to have access to contraceptives and healthcare. Many unwanted pregnancies and STIs will be lowered significantly among the younger populations.

What's your thought on this? Let me know in the comment section. 




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