Zimbabwe’s ruling party secured a two-thirds majority in the National Assembly after wresting several seats from the opposition in weekend by-elections, giving it the power to amend the constitution and potentially extend President Emmerson Mnangagwa tenure beyond a second term.
The Zimbabwe African National Union-Patriotic Front won six parliamentary seats, giving it 190 in the legislature, according to the nation’s electoral commission. The party had failed come up short of the 187-seat threshold needed for a two-thirds majority in last year’s national election.
