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Significance
The episode is being widely interpreted as a ploy by the ruling ZANU-PF party to engineer a two-thirds parliamentary majority, which it failed to secure in the August 2023 elections.
Impacts
CCC has been unable to dislodge Tshabangu from the leadership position he assumed, which may ultimately cause a split in the party.
CCC’s eventual decision to try to contest the by-elections provides the newly elected ZANU-PF MPs with an element of legitimacy.
The close alignment between the government and judiciary is shrinking democratic space yet further.
Keywords:
Zimbabwe,
AF,
politics,
social,
corruption,
election,
government,
judicial,
opposition,
party
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