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Zimbabwe’s parliament has approved a staggering increase in the fees to be paid by future presidential candidates, from US$1,000 to US$20,000 US. The opposition parties find this decision discriminatory
Zimbabwe’s parliament has approved a staggering increase in the fees to be paid by future presidential candidates, from US$1,000 to US$20,000 US. The opposition parties find this decision discriminatory.
Presidential and parliamentary elections are scheduled for August 23 in this southern African country. Incumbent President Emmerson Mnangagwa, 80, is accused of muzzling all dissenting voices. He succeeded Robert Mugabe in 2017 and was elected president the following year following a violent election. He will face CCC leader Nelson Chamisa, a 45-year-old lawyer, and pastor.
Candidates in the parliamentary and senatorial elections will have to pay $1,000, compared with just $50 in 2018. Opposition parties claim that the sharp rise in the price of the ticket to run in these various elections favours the ruling ZANU-PF party, which they believe has more financial resources at its disposal.
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On June 1, Zimbabwe had already adopted a so-called patriotic law criminalizing any attack on sovereignty and national interest, a terrible and vague text, according to the opposition and NGOs, who fear excesses ahead of the general elections.
