Zimbabwean President Calls For Rebuilding Economy, Leaving Elections Behind
Rukhshan Mir (@rukhshanmir) Published August 13, 2018 | 09:12 PM
Zimbabwean President Emmerson Mnangagwa on Monday urged his nation to leave elections behind and focus efforts on rebuilding the country's economy.
MOSCOW (UrduPoint News / Sputnik - 13th August, 2018) Zimbabwean President Emmerson Mnangagwa on Monday urged his nation to leave elections behind and focus efforts on rebuilding the country's economy.
In the July 30 elections, the ruling Zimbabwe African National Union - Patriotic Front (ZANU-PF) secured an absolute majority in the National Assembly with 144 seats and the partys presidential candidate, Emmerson Mnangagwa, was elected to the post. Once the election results were released, opposition supporters took to the streets of Harare to protest the results, which resulted in the death of six of the protesters. On Friday, the MDC Alliance, the main opposition coalition in Zimbabwe, filed a case in the country's Constitutional Court, challenging general election results.
"It is now time to put the elections period behind us and embrace the future. The task facing us today is a great one� let us unite as Zimbabweans� revive our economy and rebuild our great nation," Mnangagwa said, addressing the nation during Heroes' Day celebrations in Harare, as quoted by the Dispatchlive news outlet.
Since the 2000s, Zimbabwe has been under sanctions imposed by the United States and the European Union over violations of human rights and democratic norms under the presidency of former leader Robert Mugabe. The restrictions had resulted in a collapse of foreign loans and investments in the economy of the African nation.
The situation started changing in November, when Emmerson Mnangagwa, Zimbabwes former vice president, was sworn in as president. The inauguration took place after the army deployed its vehicles to Harare and confined Mugabe to his house. The Zimbabwean parliament subsequently approved Mugabe's impeachment, after which the long-serving leader stepped down.
Zimbabwe is classified as a low-income country and still has outstanding loans to some international institutions, including the African Development Bank and the World Bank. One of Mnangagwa's pre-election promises was to project the country as a middle-income economy by 2030.
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