Social Sciences, asked by derkrishna, 1 year ago

how can a popular got be undemocratic explain by giving the example of Zimbawe

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Answered by SresthaAbhi
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Hi Derkrishna!!

It is true that a popular government can indeed be undemocratic and popular leaders can be autocratic.
Let us look at the example of Zimbabwe. 
Zimbabewe attained independence from White minority rule in 1980. 

Since than the country has been ruled by ZANU-PF(headed by Robert Mugabe), the party that led the freedom struggle.
In Zimbabwe this particular party always won the elections. No matter how hard the opposition parties tried, they always lost to the ZANU-PF. Normally, the elections were held regularly and opposition parties were also allowed to contest the elections. But since, the ZANU-PF was infamous for using unfair practices to win the elections,therefore,every time it was the soul party-winner. Over the years to come, mugabe's government has changed the constitution several times to increase the power of the president. These make him less accountable. The opposition party workers have also been continuously harrassed and their meeting are disrupted. Public protests have been straightaway declared to be illegal and against the government. The news braodcast in the televisions and the radios are also completely monitored , supervised and checked by the government. The government has ignored some of the past court judgments too..
All this shows how a  popular government, as was in this case, can really misuse their power and completely go against the set of ideal democratic governments to come into power and become famous..

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Answered by SKASHISH666
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Explanation:

Since its independence in 1980, Zimbabwe has been ruled by ZANU-PF, the party that led the freedom struggle. Its leader, Robert Mugabe, has been ruling the country since then. Elections have been held regularly and always won by ZANU-PF. President Mugabe is popular but also uses unfair practices in elections. Over the years his government has changed the constitution several times to increase the powers of the President and make him less accountable. Opposition party workers are harassed and their meeting disrupted. Public protests and demonstrations against the government are declared illegal. There is a law that limits the right to criticize the President. Television and radio are controlled by the government and give only the ruling party's version.

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