President Emmerson Mnangagwa, 83, has signed into legislation a constitutional modification extending his time period in workplace to 2030. He and his allies say the change will deliver stability to the nation, whereas critics argue it tightens his autocratic grip on energy and threatens democracy.
Mnangagwa resisted strain for a public referendum on the modification, which additionally strips voters of their energy to elect the president straight, as that job now falls to Parliament. The modifications additional cement the dominance of the ruling ZANU-PF get together, which has ruled Zimbabwe since independence in 1980.
As Simon Allison famous in his August 2023 briefing for WPR, the ZANU-PF has lengthy been on an authoritarian trajectory, rigging voter rolls whereas prosecuting journalists and opposition figures.
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