Zimbabwe: a test for MOPA legislation
- August 13, 2019
- - 8:12 pm
The Zimbabwean opposition party Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) is conducting final preparations to hold a national protest rally against the Zimbabwean government on August 16. The rally is intended to express grievances of degrading socioeconomic livelihoods and also over the government’s handling of general elections in 2018 which the opposition holds were fraudulent. The national protest on August 16 is significant for it represents a credible opportunity to evaluate the democratic governance reform agenda of the Emmerson Mnangagwa administration and in particular the Zimbabwean government’s efforts to pass enabling legislation, notably the Maintenance of Peace and Order (MOPA) Bill. …
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