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*'Mnangagwa Is Worse Than Mugabe' - US Senator* *Follow Pindula on WhatsApp for daily new updates* https://whatsapp.com/channel/0029Va84dngJP21B2nWeyM3v?fh US Senator for Kentucky Rand Paul has said President Emmerson Mnangagwa is a worse authoritarian ruler than his predecessor, the late Robert Mugabe. In his 2020 Festivus Report, Senator Paul said Mnangagwa has a dangerously low tolerance for dissent and unlike Mugabe who relied on the militia and police to thwart protests, Mnangagwa uses the military. He wrote: ---------- itel A70 256GB $99USD WhatsApp: https://wa.me/263715068543 Calls: 0772464000 ---------- > In 2017, President Emmerson Mnangagwa came to power promising to be a reformer, despite having gained power through a military-sponsored coup. > Maybe he’s true to his word, and the U.S. paying non-governmental organisations to monitor the 2023 Zimbabwean election will help instil democratic confidence in the people of Zimbabwe. > But the evidence suggests otherwise. > Despite attempting to present himself on the international stage as a stark change from authoritarianism, notwithstanding the 2018 election, President Mnangagwa’s domestic record appears to be just as bad as Mugabe’s. > There is one clear variation between the men that has made itself apparent in the three years since Mnangagwa took over. > Mnangagwa tends to turn to the military (which helped him initially gain power) to keep the population in check, rather than depend on militias and police like Mugabe. > It seems as though this differentiation is a bit of a distinction without a difference. Senator Paul suggested that the US Agency for International Development (USAID) is wasting US$10 million by paying the money to non-governmental organizations to monitor the 2023 Zimbabwean election. He added: > Yet Uncle Sam wants to spend American taxpayer dollars to determine if the upcoming elections there are, in fact, rigged. > But if the U.S. doesn’t pay for people to observe the ‘election’ to take place in 2023, how will we know how bad the situation is? > Well, perhaps we could rely on the European Union, which sent election observers in 2018 and will likely do so again in 2023, or others with a more vested stake in the outcome rather than duplicating or triplicating efforts. > Will it all make any difference? Decades and decades of charges against Mugabe’s elections did not cause him to become more democratic, nor did they drive him from office. > So why is the State Department spending $10 million so it can have something to waive around when it ultimately points its finger at Zimbabwe’s leadership and says, Shame on you? DOWNLOAD THE DOCUMENT HERE _If you found this article useful_ *Please support Pindula by forwarding to friends and groups*
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