Zimbabwe: Executive Lacks Will to Institute Legislative Reforms - Analysts

WHEN President Robert Mugabe opened the seventh parliament in the midst of stalled negotiations over the global political agreement (GPA) last August, heated debates were expected to be the hallmark of the first session of the House given the Morgan Tsvangirai-led MDC's wafer-thin majority.

Characterised by heckling and jeering of Mugabe's speech by MDC legislators, the opening ceremony saw new faces from the country's main political parties coming into the chamber.

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