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This article participates on the following special index pages:
2008 harmonised elections - Index of articles
How
to lose an election and stay in power
Derek Matyszak, Research and Advocacy Unit, Idasa
June 20, 2008
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In April 2008, President
Robert Mugabe officiated at ceremonies commemorating Zimbabwe's
28th year of independence. He gave not so much as a flicker of acknowledgement
that but three weeks previously the electorate had indicated that
they would prefer another person to carry out this role. Thus, in
Zimbabwe, democratic preference has become utterly irrelevant to
the exercise of power.
In the elections of March
2008, Morgan Tsvangirai won the majority vote, but not enough to
prevent a run-off between the two. Since then, Mugabe has done everything
possible to emphasise his hold on power.
This paper examines
the juridical mechanisms deployed to achieve this and examines their
legality in respect of the Presidency, Parliament and Local Government.
It is an independent follow up from the Idasa reports An Inconvenient
Truths part
I and part
II, released in April 2008.
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