Controlling the competition The presidential result was not the end of the story, however, Given the risks associated with attempting to change the because ZANU-PF came up 10 seats short of a supermajority outcome of an election after the fact, it is far more common in the National Assembly that would empower it to change for governments to lock in unfair advantages before the day presidential ter. [...] The paperwork threatened opponents of the referendum and oversaw was seized in a police raid in 2017, and its absence had not the removal of the president of the Constitutional Court, prevented the party from participating in local elections in which had initially disbanded the commission drafting the 2022. [...] Sahara in violation of international law, while a desert wall marking the line of control between the two sides in the While the legal regime in the occupied West Bank, which conflict, known as the Berm, has physically prevented Sahrawi is assessed separately from Israel in Freedom in the World, refugees from returning to their land. [...] Nevertheless, 22 of the 35 countries in the ballots in an independently organized opposition primary Americas were still classified as Free, making the region one that was meant to select a unity candidate ahead of the 2024 of the freest in the world. [...] FreedomHouse.org 29 FREEDOM IN The Mounting Damage of Flawed THE WORLD 2024 Elections and Armed Conflict NOTABLE THREATS TO FREEDOM IN 2023 In addition to the problems of electoral manipulation and armed conflict, the following threats frequently affected specific freedoms—or the freedoms of specific groups—over the course of the year.
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