Giving an example of Zimbabwe show how laws were made by one single ruler?
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●-Ruled by Zimbabwe African National Union.
●Jacob Zuma ruled like a dictator
●In Zimbabwe for many years Prime Minister Robert Mugabe was very powerful man.
●Zimbabwe is a Democratic country but it is not considered as democratic country.
●In Zimbabwe People have no right to protest against the government .
●Media both print as well as electronic are controlled by the government.
●There is no independent judiciary as the government persuade judges to take decision in their favour.
●The ruler and his party gave rise to discrimination by subverted the principle of equality the equality before the law because the party had followed their own rules by setting one standard for themselves and the other standard for the people they govern".
●Laws like insult law was crafted to maintain the dictatorship of the president Mogabe ,those who disobey will face the wrath of the very law..
●There are many other laws that has been crafted by his party like economic empowerment law that is meant to transfer majority of the shares of foreign-owned firms to the countries blacks.
Since Zimbabwe got independence in 1980, it is being ruled by ZANU-PF which led the freedom struggle (1) it's leader, Robert Mugabe has been ruling the country since independence. But ZANU-PF won due to unfair practices in election. (2) His government has made changes in the constitution several times to increase the power of the president and make him less accountable. (3) the opposition party workers were harassed and their meetings were disrupted. (4) public protests demonstrations are declared illegal. (5) Laws are made to limit the right to criticise the president. (6) The media had been forced to write and speak in favour of the ruling party. (7) There are independent newspaper but the government harasses those journalists who go against it. The government has ignored some court judgement that went against it and has pressurised judges.
This example of Zimbabwe shows that popular government can be undemocratic. Popular leaders can be autocratic. If we wish to assess a democracy, it is important to look at the elections and how they are fought.