Question

president mugabe was popularly elected yet his rule was not democratic why​

Answer 1

Robert Mugabe was popularly elected but his rule was not democratic for the following reason.

• Robert Mugabe was the Zimbabwean prime minister from 1980-1987 and president from 1987 to 2017.
• He won his first election with popular support in the 1980 general elections.
• But, after his first win, the later elections were marred with violence, electoral fraud, and many other undemocratic practices.
• He has changed the constitution several times to give more power to himself.
• He impedes the workings of the opposition parties and public demonstrations are brutally crushed.
• In a democracy, a government needs to follow all democratic principles and not only have popular support.
• Thus, in the case of Mugabe, it is clear that he did not make Zimbabwe a working democracy and despite being popular, he was still tyrannical and very close to a dictator.

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