Mnangagwa all talk, no action – US

A UNITED States Senator, Chris Coons, has accused President Emmerson Mnangagwa of making empty promises and deliberately delaying implementation of key electoral reforms to disadvantage the opposition ahead of the general elections slated for the end of next month.

Coons, who has been campaigning for lifting of US sanctions on Zimbabwe told CGNTV News recently that Mnangagwa had failed to back up his talk with action, creating an unequal ground for his rivals in this year’s polls.

“President Mnangagwa, both through our personal meeting, which was positive and terrific and very long, and in public statements, both in Press conferences afterwards and in an editorial published in the New York Times has committed to democracy towards free and fair elections, towards respecting human rights, towards returning to a world based open economy if he takes those steps significant sanctions relief should be forthcoming from United States and Senator Jeff Flake and I will take steps necessary in Congress to accomplish that,” he said.

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