After his controversial re-election, Zimbabwean President Emmerson Mnangagwa has filled two important ministerial positions together with his son and nephew. More than twenty ministers and ten representatives took their oath of office during a ceremony in the capital Harare on Tuesday. The opposition calls it the “worst government” since independence in 1980.
Mnangagwa’s son Kudakwashe David Mnangagwa took over as deputy finance minister. The president’s cousin, Tongai Mnangagwa, was appointed deputy minister of tourism. “Comprised of (Mnangagwa’s) friends, family, loyalists and the least qualified, the cabinet is the worst since Zimbabwe’s independence in 1980,” complained Promise Mkwananzi, spokesperson for the main opposition Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC).
Doubts about the legality of the elections
According to the electoral commission, 80-year-old incumbent Mnangagwa won the election in the first round on August 23. The opposition rejects the results and African election observers also expressed doubts about the legality of the re-election.
Zimbabwe has been ruled by the presidential party ZANU-PF since its independence from colonial power Great Britain in 1980. Initially, autocrat Robert Mugabe was in power for 37 years. When the military staged a coup against the head of state in 2017, Mugabe’s deputy Mnangagwa came to power.
Source: Krone
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