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THE SUCCESSION WAR BEHIND CAB3: ZIMBABWE’S RULING PARTY ENTERS A NEW POWER STRUGGLE
The battle over Constitutional Amendment No. 3 is exposing a deeper conflict within Zimbabwe’s ruling establishment. Beyond the public debate about democracy, elections, and constitutional reform lies a fierce internal struggle over who controls the future direction of ZANU PF and ultimately the country. CAB3 has intensified tensions within the ruling party, revealing cracks in…
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WHEN A GOVERNMENT FEARS THE BALLOT, DEMOCRACY IS THE FIRST CASUALTY
The most dangerous attacks on democracy do not always arrive through tanks on the streets or dramatic declarations of martial law. Sometimes they come wrapped in legal language, passed through Parliament, signed into law, and presented as ordinary constitutional reform. That is precisely why Constitutional Amendment No. 3 should alarm every Zimbabwean. This is not…
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CAB3 IS NOT CONSTITUTIONAL REFORM. IT IS THE GRADUAL DISMANTLING OF ZIMBABWEAN DEMOCRACY
With the signing of Constitution Amendment No. 3 into law, Zimbabwe has entered a new constitutional and political era. What the government describes as a necessary reform for stability and continuity is, for many Zimbabweans, a dangerous retreat from the democratic values enshrined in the 2013 Constitution. The amendment is not simply another Act of…
