{"id":29247,"date":"2020-10-23T21:50:37","date_gmt":"2020-10-23T19:50:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.com\/zimbabwe\/?p=29247"},"modified":"2020-10-23T21:50:37","modified_gmt":"2020-10-23T19:50:37","slug":"zim-govt-working-to-further-shrink-the-democratic-space","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.cc\/zimbabwe\/all-news\/zim-govt-working-to-further-shrink-the-democratic-space","title":{"rendered":"Zim Govt working to further shrink the democratic space"},"content":{"rendered":"<div dir=\"ltr\">\n<div dir=\"ltr\">\n<div dir=\"ltr\">\n<div class=\"gmail_default\">\n<div class=\"gmail_default\">\n<div>President Mnangagwa highlighted that the Third Session of the 9th Parliament of Zimbabwe will seek to tighten regulations guiding the operations of Non-Governmental Organisations through the Private Voluntary Organisations Amendment Bill.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>As Crisis In Zimbabwe Coalition, we take with great exception the threats from President Mnangagwa.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>The move to tighten screws on civic society organisations operating in Zimbabwe is merely an attempt to silence dissenting voices and further entrench authoritarian rule while protecting the interests\u00a0of individual politicians at the expense of the national interest.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>In Zimbabwe, civic society organisations have been instrumental in exposing human rights abuses, corruption, electoral theft and other malpractices that are detrimental to the achievement of a democratic and economically developed state and it is disturbing that in response, the government has chosen to criminalise the work of civic society\u00a0organisations.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Civic society organisations play an integral\u00a0part in promoting good governance, transparency as well as holding the government to account and it is incumbent\u00a0upon the Zimbabwean\u00a0government to realise these fundamental roles.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Crisis in Zimbabwe Coalition implores President Mnangagwa to exercise tolerance, show respect for divergent views and desist from abusing the law to silence dissent.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>President Mnangagwa highlighted that the Third Session of the 9th Parliament of Zimbabwe will seek to tighten regulations guiding the operations of Non-Governmental Organisations through the Private Voluntary Organisations Amendment Bill. 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