Critics see little difference between Emmerson Mnangagwa - Robert Mugabe's former deputy - and his ex-boss, accusing him of seeking to create a one-party state under the ruling Zanu-PF.
Echoes of Mugabe as Zimbabwe president entrenches power
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HARARE, June 1, 2021 (BSS/AFP) – In office since the military-led ouster of Robert Mugabe three-and-a-half years ago, Zimbabwe’s President Emmerson Mnangagwa is consolidating his grip on power with moves reminiscent of his predecessor’s style, analysts say.
Tweaks to the constitution and criminalising anti-government speech mark a change from Mugabe’s street-fighting and abductions, but observers see the same motives at work making political opposition all but impossible.
The president who arrived in office promising a “new and unfolding democracy” and a departure from Mugabe’s authoritarian rule is in fact developing “an imperial executive whose power is not adequately checked and balanced,” said Kucaca Phulu, legal affairs chief of the opposition Movement for Democratic Change (MDC).
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FILE PHOTO: Zimbabwe’s President Emmerson Mnangagwa speaks during his meeting with Belarussian President Alexander Lukashenko (not pictured) in Minsk, Belarus January 17, 2019. Natalia Fedosenko/Pool via REUTERSREUTERS In office since the military-led ouster of Robert Mugabe three-and-a-half years ago, Zimbabwe’s President Emmerson Mnangagwa is consolidating his grip on power with moves reminiscent of his predecessor’s style, analysts say. Tweaks to the constitution and criminalising anti-government speech mark a change from Mugabe’s street-fighting and abductions, but observers see the same motives at work making political opposition all but impossible. The president who arrived in office promising a “new and unfolding democracy” and a departure from Mugabe’s authoritarian rule is in fact developing “an imperial executive whose power is not adequately checked and balanced,” said Kucaca Phulu, legal affairs chief of the opposi
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