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In a move that is likely to further tarnish President Emmerson Mnangagwa’s image at home and abroad and confirm Zimbabwe’s slide into a full totalitarian state, the Zanu-PF leader has signed into law the Criminal Law (Codification and Reform) Act, known as the “Patriotic Bill” that is set punish government critics.
Amnesty International’s Deputy Regional Director for East and Southern Africa Flavia Mwangovya has urged President Emmerson Mnangagwa to reject the Patriotic Bill as a “grave assault on human rights”.
Ugandan opposition leader Bobi Wine, real name Robert Kyagulanyi Ssentamu, has slammed the Zimbabwean Parliament for passing the draconian Criminal Law Codification and Reform Amendment Bill (Criminal Code) widely known as the Patriotic Bill which contains a clause that seeks to criminalise “wilfully damaging the sovereignty and national interest of Zimbabwe.”
Outspoken Norton legislator Temba Mliswa called Zanu-PF MPs “useless” for passing the draconian Patriotic Bill which seeks to criminalise “wilfully damaging the sovereignty and national interest of Zimbabwe.”
A motion for the Patriotic Bill, a legislation set to criminalise and impose stiff penalties on citizens who openly criticise the government, has been described as “fascist, mistimed and misplaced” by opposition MDC Alliance MP for Hwange, Fortune Daniel Molokele.