Emmerson Mnangagwa plans to push ahead with legislation which is hostile to NGOs in democracy and human rights spaces.
Emmerson Mnangagwa at the Second Summit Economic and Humanitarian Forum 2023 in Saint Petersburg, in July 2023.
The law, along with the Mines and Minerals Amendment Bill, Public Finance Management Amendment Bill, Medical Services Amendment Bill, and the Insurance Bill were outstanding from the ninth Parliament dissolved before the country's August general elections. The bill bans civil society groups from politics, and allows the state to make changes to their internal management and funding.It has been compared to apartheid-era South African attempts, and more modern Russian equivalents, to ban foreign funding for civil society.
In total, the first session will see the introduction of 17 new bills, and four outdated ones will be scrapped.Opposition chief whip in Parliament Amos Chibaya said they didn't attend the opening session because they didn't view Mnangagwa as a legitimate leader. "Let me once again take this opportunity to urge all parliamentarians to wholeheartedly participate in the enactment of laws that will improve the quality of life of our people.
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