Oh nice. Now Mugabe is steeling a classic one right out of the Bush handbook on ruling. It's so similar it's scary.
Parliament plans to debate proposals next month to empower the secret police to eavesdrop on mail, e-mail and phones without any court approval.Those in dissent are saying pretty much the same thing as well and they're correct.
The government denies any sinister intent, saying it is putting its anti-terrorism legislation in line with international practice.
The aim "is to monitor and block communications for political reasons and to use information they get to persecute opponents," said Lovemore Madhuku, chairman of the National Constitutional Assembly, a group critical of repressive laws and actions of Mugabe's government.Telephoned from neighboring South Africa, he said: "It is part and parcel of the process of controlling dissent and stifling democratic debate."
