Harare — Zimbabwe President Robert Mugabe officially opened the new parliament this week, with his ZANU-PF party now firmly in control after July's elections. While the parliament has a huge task of ensuring all Zimbabwe's laws are in line with the country's new constitution, Mugabe's major headache is on how to turn around a battered economy.
"Long live Zimbabwe! Long live in our unity, diversity. Long live in our peace and sovereignty," said President Mugabe, ending his official opening of Zimbabwe's parliament this week. He told the new MPs elected in the July elections that 14 new bills would be brought to parliament so the government conforms with Zimbabwe's new constitution, which came into effect in May.
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