Political analyst, Showers Mowowa says Zimbabwe’s elections have failed to solve two fundamental problems that have characterised the country since 2000.
He says legitimacy and decency are required to truly reflect the will of the people.
Six people were killed in violent protests in Harare following the announcement of the National Assembly election results on Wednesday.
Mowowa says the situation in the country is expected to deteriorate for the opposition once the international election observers leave the country.
“One would have expected that because President Mnangagwa is so keen to attain international legitimacy, and to demonstrate to the world that Zimbabwe is a changed place, but if the military is called out the way it was called out, and open live ammunition on people, I think that tells you something about whether Zimbabwe has moved or not… and of course, once the international observers have gone, one wonders what else is going to happen, the kind of clampdown that might happen on the opposition.”
Watch related videos below:
